generatio
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡe.neˈraː.ti.oː/, [ɡɛ.nɛˈraː.ti.oː]
Noun
generātiō f (genitive generātiōnis); third declension
- a generation
- 426 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, City of God 15.8:
- Sed pertinuit ad Deum, quo ista inspirante conscripta sunt, has duas societates suis diuersis generationibus primitus digerere atque distinguere […]
- But it suited the purpose of God, by whose inspiration these histories were composed, to arrange and distinguish from the first these two societies in their several generations […]
- Sed pertinuit ad Deum, quo ista inspirante conscripta sunt, has duas societates suis diuersis generationibus primitus digerere atque distinguere […]
- a begetting
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | generātiō | generātiōnēs |
| Genitive | generātiōnis | generātiōnum |
| Dative | generātiōnī | generātiōnibus |
| Accusative | generātiōnem | generātiōnēs |
| Ablative | generātiōne | generātiōnibus |
| Vocative | generātiō | generātiōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: generació
- Dutch: generatie
- English: generation
- Esperanto: generacio
- French: génération
- Galician: xeración
- Hungarian: generáció
- Italian: generazione
- Maltese: ġenerazzjoni
- Norwegian Bokmål: generasjon
- Norwegian Nynorsk: generasjon
- Occitan: generacion
- Portuguese: geração
- Romanian: generație
- Russian: генера́ция (generácija)
- Spanish: generación
- Tagalog: henerasyon
- Turkish: jenerasyon
- Venetian: generassion
References
- generatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- generatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- generatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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