cibatio

Latin

Etymology

From cibō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kiˈbaː.ti.oː/, [kɪˈbäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈbat.t͡si.o/, [t͡ʃiˈbät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

cibātiō f (genitive cibātiōnis); third declension

1. a feeding; a meal, repast
   • 3rd century AD, Gaius Julius Solinus, De Mirabilibus Mundi 27.13
   • 5th century AD, Caelius Aurelianus, Tardarum Passionum 1.1.12; 1.4.3

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cibātiō	cibātiōnēs
Genitive	cibātiōnis	cibātiōnum
Dative	cibātiōnī	cibātiōnibus
Accusative	cibātiōnem	cibātiōnēs
Ablative	cibātiōne	cibātiōnibus
Vocative	cibātiō	cibātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: cibation
• Italian: cibazione
• Portuguese: cibação
• Spanish: cebación

References

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