-tio
Latin
Alternative forms
- -siō (in primarily third conjugation verbs with stems ending in -t-, -d-, -rg-, -ll-, or -rr-.)
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *-tiō, an n-stem extension of Proto-Indo-European *-tis. See also Proto-Indo-European *-h₃onh₂-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ti.oː/ (stressed on the antepenult)
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡si.o/ (stressed on the antepenult)
Suffix
-tiō f (genitive -tiōnis); third declension
- -tion, -ation, -ing; used to form a noun relating to some action or the result of an action.
- dictātiō (“a dictating, dictation”), from dictātum, supine of dictō (“I dictate”)
- quadripartītiō (“a division into four parts”), from quadripartītum, supine of quadripartiō (“I divide in four parts”)
Usage notes
The suffix is occasionally added to other parts of speech, or appears in situations where no related verb apparently exists; more at -ātiō.
- gradātiō (“making of a staircase or steps”), from gradus (“step, pace”).
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -tiō | -tiōnēs |
| Genitive | -tiōnis | -tiōnum |
| Dative | -tiōnī | -tiōnibus |
| Accusative | -tiōnem | -tiōnēs |
| Ablative | -tiōne | -tiōnibus |
| Vocative | -tiō | -tiōnēs |
Derived terms
- -ātiō
- -itiō
- -ītiō
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Descendants
- Aromanian: -ciuni
- Asturian: -ción
- Catalan: -ció, -çó, -ó
- → Crimean Tatar: -tsiya
- → Czech: -ce
- → Danish: -tion
- → Dutch: -tie
- → English: -tion
- → Faroese: -sjón
- → Finnish: -tio
- Franco-Provençal: -cion, -son, -éson, -çon
- French: -tion, -son, -aison, -çon
- Galician: -ción
- → Georgian: -ცია (-cia)
- → German: -tion
- → Hebrew: -ציה (-tsya)
- → Hungarian: -ció
- → Interlingua: -tion
- Italian: -zione, -gione
- Ladino: -sión
- → Latvian: -cija
- → Malay: -si, -syen, -sen
- Indonesian: -si
- → Maltese: -zjoni
- → Norwegian: -sjon
- Occitan: -cion, -son
- Old Portuguese: -çon, Old Portuguese: -zon, Old Portuguese: -son
- → Portuguese: -ção, -zão, -são
- → Polish: -cja
- Romanian: -ție, -țiune, -ciune
- Romansch: -ziun, -schun
- → Russian: -ция (-cija)
- → Serbo-Croatian: -ција, -cija
- Sicilian: -zioni
- → Slovene: -cija
- Spanish: -ción, -zón, -són
- → Swedish: -tion
- → Yiddish: -ציע (-tsye)
References
- Haudry, Jean (1981) L'indo-européen, pages 55-56
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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