fundatio

Latin

Etymology

From fundō (“found, establish”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /funˈdaː.ti.oː/, [fʊnˈdaː.ti.oː]

Noun

fundātiō f (genitive fundātiōnis); third declension

The act of founding; foundation.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fundātiō	fundātiōnēs
Genitive	fundātiōnis	fundātiōnum
Dative	fundātiōnī	fundātiōnibus
Accusative	fundātiōnem	fundātiōnēs
Ablative	fundātiōne	fundātiōnibus
Vocative	fundātiō	fundātiōnēs

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: fundació
English: foundation
French: fondation
Italian: fondazione
Portuguese: fundação
Spanish: fundación

References

fundatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
fundatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
fundatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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