generatio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
Proto-Italic *genos
Latin genus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin generō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin generātiō

    From generō + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    generātiō f (genitive generātiōnis); third declension

    1. a generation
      • 412 CE – 426 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, De civitate Dei 15.8:
        Sed pertinuit ad Deum, quo ista inspirante conscripta sunt, has duas societates suis diuersis generationibus primitus digerere atque distinguere […]
        But it suited the purpose of God, by whose inspiration these histories were composed, to arrange and distinguish from the first these two societies in their several generations […]
    2. a begetting
    3. offspring
      • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, 1 John 5.18:
        Scimus quia omnis qui natus est ex Deo, non peccat : sed generatio Dei conservat eum, et malignus non tangit eum. […]
        We know because each whose birth is from God, doesn't sin, but the offspring of God uphold him, and the wicked one doesn't touch him. […]

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative generātiō generātiōnēs
    genitive generātiōnis generātiōnum
    dative generātiōnī generātiōnibus
    accusative generātiōnem generātiōnēs
    ablative generātiōne generātiōnibus
    vocative generātiō generātiōnēs

    Descendants

    References

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