devoratio

Latin

Etymology

From dēvorō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.u̯oˈraː.ti.oː/, [d̪eːu̯ɔˈräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.voˈrat.t͡si.o/, [d̪evoˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dēvorātiō f (genitive dēvorātiōnis); third declension

1. devouring (gobbling up)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēvorātiō	dēvorātiōnēs
Genitive	dēvorātiōnis	dēvorātiōnum
Dative	dēvorātiōnī	dēvorātiōnibus
Accusative	dēvorātiōnem	dēvorātiōnēs
Ablative	dēvorātiōne	dēvorātiōnibus
Vocative	dēvorātiō	dēvorātiōnēs

Related terms

• dēvoro

Descendants

• English: devoration
• French: dévoration
• Italian: divorazione
• Portuguese: devoração
• Spanish: devoración

References

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