derivatio

Latin

Etymology

From dērīvāre +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.riːˈu̯aː.ti.oː/, [d̪eːriːˈu̯äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.riˈvat.t͡si.o/, [d̪eriˈvät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dērīvātiō f (genitive dērīvātiōnis); third declension

1. diversion, deviation
2. derivation, etymology
   • 380 BCE, Maurus Servius Honoratus, In Vergilii Aeneidem commentarii, Book XI, line LXV :

     Vīmine quernō sunt aliquae dūrae dērīvātiōnēs; tamen eīs sīc ūtimur ut 'quernum vīmen', item 'colurnum verū', ut "pinguiaque in veribus torrēbimus exta colurnīs", 'fīculnum lignum', ut Horātius "ōlim truncus eram fīculnus, inūtile lignum", item 'aprūgnum callum'.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dērīvātiō	dērīvātiōnēs
Genitive	dērīvātiōnis	dērīvātiōnum
Dative	dērīvātiōnī	dērīvātiōnibus
Accusative	dērīvātiōnem	dērīvātiōnēs
Ablative	dērīvātiōne	dērīvātiōnibus
Vocative	dērīvātiō	dērīvātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: derivació
• Danish: derivation
• Dutch: derivatie
• French: dérivation
• Galician: derivación
• German: Derivation
• Italian: derivazione
• Norwegian Bokmål: derivasjon
• Norwegian Nynorsk: derivasjon
• Polish: derywacja
• Portuguese: derivação
• Romanian: derivație
• Russian: деривация (derivacija)
• Spanish: derivación
• Swedish: derivation
• Venetian: derivasion

References

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