inanitio

Latin

Etymology

ināniō (“to empty out, evacuate”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i.naːˈniː.ti.oː/, [ɪnäːˈniːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.naˈnit.t͡si.o/, [inäˈnit̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

inānītiō f (genitive inānītiōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) emptiness

   Antonym: replētiō

2. (Medieval Latin, medicine) emptying, voiding
3. (Medieval Latin) exhaustion, powerlessness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	inānītiō	inānītiōnēs
Genitive	inānītiōnis	inānītiōnum
Dative	inānītiōnī	inānītiōnibus
Accusative	inānītiōnem	inānītiōnēs
Ablative	inānītiōne	inānītiōnibus
Vocative	inānītiō	inānītiōnēs

Descendants

• → English: inanition
• → French: inanition
• → Portuguese: inanição
• → Spanish: inanición

References

• “inanitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inanitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “inanitio”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC