animatio

Latin

Etymology

From animō (“animate, give life to”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.niˈmaː.ti.oː/, [änɪˈmäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.niˈmat.t͡si.o/, [äniˈmät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

animātiō f (genitive animātiōnis); third declension

1. The act of animating or giving life to, animation.
2. A living being, form of life.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	animātiō	animātiōnēs
Genitive	animātiōnis	animātiōnum
Dative	animātiōnī	animātiōnibus
Accusative	animātiōnem	animātiōnēs
Ablative	animātiōne	animātiōnibus
Vocative	animātiō	animātiōnēs

Related terms

• animāns
• animātor
• animātrīx
• animātus
• animō

Descendants

• → Asturian: animación
• → Catalan: animació
• → English: animation
  • → Japanese: アニメーション (animēshon)
• → French: animation
• → Galician: animación
• → Italian: animazione
• → Occitan: animacion
• → Portuguese: animação
• → Romanian: animație
• → Russian: анима́ция (animácija)
  • → Kazakh: анимация (animasiä)
• → Spanish: animación

References

• “animatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “animatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• animatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.