nutatio

Latin

Etymology

From nūtō (“nod”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nuːˈtaː.ti.oː/

Noun

nūtātiō f (genitive nūtātiōnis); third declension

1. a nodding
2. a swaying
3. a tottering, shaking

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	nūtātiō	nūtātiōnēs
genitive	nūtātiōnis	nūtātiōnum
dative	nūtātiōnī	nūtātiōnibus
accusative	nūtātiōnem	nūtātiōnēs
ablative	nūtātiōne	nūtātiōnibus
vocative	nūtātiō	nūtātiōnēs

Related terms

• nūtābilis
• nūtābundus

• nūtāmen
• nūtō

Descendants

• English: nutation
• Russian: нутация (nutacija)
• Spanish: nutación

References

• nutatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nutatio” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)