vernatio

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Latin

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Etymology

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From vernāre (to be verdant, to flourish) +‎ -tiō (-tion: forming abstract nouns), from vernus (springlike) + -āre (verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥.

Noun

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vernātiō f (genitive vernātiōnis); third declension

  1. sloughing, the shedding of old skin by snakes
  2. slough, the skin thus shed by snakes
  3. (New Latin) vernation, leafing, the growth of new leaves in spring

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vernātiō vernātiōnēs
Genitive vernātiōnis vernātiōnum
Dative vernātiōnī vernātiōnibus
Accusative vernātiōnem vernātiōnēs
Ablative vernātiōne vernātiōnibus
Vocative vernātiō vernātiōnēs

Descendants

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  • English: vernation
  • French: vernation

References

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