percolatio
Latin
Etymology
From percōlō (“to strain or filter through”, “to percolate”) + -tiō (“-tion”, suffix forming action nouns).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛr.koːˈɫaː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [per.koˈlat.t͡si.o]
Noun
percōlātiō f (genitive percōlātiōnis); third declension
- a straining or filtering through, percolation
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | percōlātiō | percōlātiōnēs |
| genitive | percōlātiōnis | percōlātiōnum |
| dative | percōlātiōnī | percōlātiōnibus |
| accusative | percōlātiōnem | percōlātiōnēs |
| ablative | percōlātiōne | percōlātiōnibus |
| vocative | percōlātiō | percōlātiōnēs |
Descendants
- → Catalan: percolació
- → English: percolation
- → Finnish: perkolaatio
- → French: percolation
- → German: Perkolation
- → Italian: percolazione
- → Portuguese: percolação
- → Romanian: percolație
- → Spanish: percolación
References
- “percolatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “percolatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- percolatio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016