consecratio

Latin

Etymology

From cōnsecrō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.seˈkraː.ti.oː/, [kõːs̠ɛˈkräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.seˈkrat.t͡si.o/, [konseˈkrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

cōnsecrātiō f (genitive cōnsecrātiōnis); third declension

1. dedication
2. consecration

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōnsecrātiō	cōnsecrātiōnēs
Genitive	cōnsecrātiōnis	cōnsecrātiōnum
Dative	cōnsecrātiōnī	cōnsecrātiōnibus
Accusative	cōnsecrātiōnem	cōnsecrātiōnēs
Ablative	cōnsecrātiōne	cōnsecrātiōnibus
Vocative	cōnsecrātiō	cōnsecrātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: consecration
• French: consécration
• Italian: consacrazione

References

• “consecratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “consecratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• consecratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “consecratio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin