masticatio

Latin

Etymology

masticō (“I chew”) +‎ -tiō (“-tion”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mas.tiˈkaː.ti.oː/, [mäs̠t̪ɪˈkäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mas.tiˈkat.t͡si.o/, [mäst̪iˈkät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

masticātiō f (genitive masticātiōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) chewing, mastication

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	masticātiō	masticātiōnēs
Genitive	masticātiōnis	masticātiōnum
Dative	masticātiōnī	masticātiōnibus
Accusative	masticātiōnem	masticātiōnēs
Ablative	masticātiōne	masticātiōnibus
Vocative	masticātiō	masticātiōnēs

Descendants

• → English: mastication
• Italian: masticazione
• Spanish: masticación

References

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