lavatio

Latin

Etymology

lavō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /laˈu̯aː.ti.oː/, [ɫ̪äˈu̯äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈvat.t͡si.o/, [läˈvät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

lavātiō f (genitive lavātiōnis); third declension

1. a washing, bathing (action)
2. bath (apparatus or place)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lavātiō	lavātiōnēs
Genitive	lavātiōnis	lavātiōnum
Dative	lavātiōnī	lavātiōnibus
Accusative	lavātiōnem	lavātiōnēs
Ablative	lavātiōne	lavātiōnibus
Vocative	lavātiō	lavātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: lavation
• Italian: lavazione
• Old French: lavation
• Portuguese: lavação
• Spanish: lavación

References

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