basiatio

Latin

Etymology

From bāsiō (“give a kiss”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /baː.siˈaː.ti.oː/, [bäːs̠iˈäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ba.siˈat.t͡si.o/, [bäs̬iˈät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

bāsiātiō f (genitive bāsiātiōnis); third declension

1. (poetic) a kissing; kiss.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bāsiātiō	bāsiātiōnēs
Genitive	bāsiātiōnis	bāsiātiōnum
Dative	bāsiātiōnī	bāsiātiōnibus
Accusative	bāsiātiōnem	bāsiātiōnēs
Ablative	bāsiātiōne	bāsiātiōnibus
Vocative	bāsiātiō	bāsiātiōnēs

Synonyms

• (kiss): bāsium, ōsculum, philēma, suavium
• (kissing): ōsculātiō, suāviātiō

Related terms

• bāsiātor
• bāsiō
• bāsiolum
• bāsium

References

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