perpetuatio

Latin

Etymology

From perpetuātus (“perpetuated”) +‎ -ātiō, from perfect passive participle of perpetuō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /per.pe.tuˈaː.ti.oː/, [pɛrpɛt̪uˈäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /per.pe.tuˈat.t͡si.o/, [perpet̪uˈät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

perpetuātiō f (genitive perpetuātiōnis); third declension

1. continuance, preservation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	perpetuātiō	perpetuātiōnēs
Genitive	perpetuātiōnis	perpetuātiōnum
Dative	perpetuātiōnī	perpetuātiōnibus
Accusative	perpetuātiōnem	perpetuātiōnēs
Ablative	perpetuātiōne	perpetuātiōnibus
Vocative	perpetuātiō	perpetuātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: perpetuation
• Italian: perpetuazione
• Portuguese: perpetuação
• Spanish: perpetuación

References

• perpetuatio 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)