formatio

Latin

Etymology

From fōrmō (“shape, form, fashion”), from fōrma (“shape, form”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /foːrˈmaː.ti.oː/, [foːrˈmäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /forˈmat.t͡si.o/, [forˈmät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

fōrmātiō f (genitive fōrmātiōnis); third declension

1. The act of shaping, forming or fashioning.

   Synonyms: fōrmātūra, fōrmitās

2. A form, design, plan.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fōrmātiō	fōrmātiōnēs
Genitive	fōrmātiōnis	fōrmātiōnum
Dative	fōrmātiōnī	fōrmātiōnibus
Accusative	fōrmātiōnem	fōrmātiōnēs
Ablative	fōrmātiōne	fōrmātiōnibus
Vocative	fōrmātiō	fōrmātiōnēs

Related terms

• fōrma
• fōrmābilis
• fōrmābilitās
• fōrmāceus
• fōrmālis
• fōrmāmentum
• fōrmaster
• fōrmātīvus
• fōrmātor
• fōrmātrīx
• fōrmātūra
• fōrmella
• fōrmitās
• fōrmō
• fōrmōsē
• fōrmōsitās
• fōrmōsulus
• fōrmōsus
• fōrmula
• fōrmulārius

 

Descendants

• Catalan: formació
• English: formation
• French: formation
• Italian: formazione
• Portuguese: formação
• Romanian: formație
• Russian: форма́ция (formácija)
• Spanish: formación

References

• “formatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• formatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• formatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.