legislatio

Latin

Etymology

Univerbation of lēgis (“of the law”) +‎ lātiō (“carrying”), abstract noun of ferō (“to bear, to carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /leː.ɡisˈlaː.ti.oː/, [ɫ̪eːɡɪs̠ˈɫ̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /le.d͡ʒisˈlat.t͡si.o/, [led͡ʒizˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

lēgislātiō f (genitive lēgislātiōnis); third declension

1. the giving of the law

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lēgislātiō	lēgislātiōnēs
Genitive	lēgislātiōnis	lēgislātiōnum
Dative	lēgislātiōnī	lēgislātiōnibus
Accusative	lēgislātiōnem	lēgislātiōnēs
Ablative	lēgislātiōne	lēgislātiōnibus
Vocative	lēgislātiō	lēgislātiōnēs

Related terms

• lēgislātor

Descendants

• → Catalan: legislació
• → English: legislation
• → French: législation
• → Galician: lexislación
• → Italian: legislazione
• → Norman: législâtion
• → Piedmontese: legislassion
• → Portuguese: legislação
• → Romanian: legislație
• → Spanish: legislación

References

• “legislatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• legislatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.