populatio
Latin
Etymology 1
From populor (“lay waste”).
Noun
populātiō f (genitive populātiōnis); third declension
- the act of laying waste or plundering
- plunder, booty
- destruction, devastation, corruption, ruin
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | populātiō | populātiōnēs |
| Genitive | populātiōnis | populātiōnum |
| Dative | populātiōnī | populātiōnibus |
| Accusative | populātiōnem | populātiōnēs |
| Ablative | populātiōne | populātiōnibus |
| Vocative | populātiō | populātiōnēs |
Etymology 2
From populus (“people”).
Noun
populātiō f (genitive populātiōnis); third declension
- (Late Latin) population; a people, multitude
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | populātiō | populātiōnēs |
| Genitive | populātiōnis | populātiōnum |
| Dative | populātiōnī | populātiōnibus |
| Accusative | populātiōnem | populātiōnēs |
| Ablative | populātiōne | populātiōnibus |
| Vocative | populātiō | populātiōnēs |
Descendants
- Asturian: población
- Catalan: població
- English: population
- French: population
- Galician: poboación
References
- “populatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “populatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- populatio 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)
- populatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- populatio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016