LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

accelerātiō

accelerātiō f (genitive accelerātiōnis)
Classical[ak.kɛ.ɫɛˈraː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[at.t͡ʃe.leˈrat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. a hastening
  2. acceleration

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaccelerātiōaccelerātiōnēs
genitiveaccelerātiōnisaccelerātiōnum
dativeaccelerātiōnīaccelerātiōnibus
accusativeaccelerātiōnemaccelerātiōnēs
ablativeaccelerātiōneaccelerātiōnibus
vocativeaccelerātiōaccelerātiōnēs

accĕlĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. accelero,
I. a hastening, acceleration: orationis enuntiandae, Auct. Her. 3, 13, 23.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin accelerātiō From accelerō (“hasten, accelerate”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanacceleració
  • Englishacceleration
  • Frenchaccélération
  • Romanianaccelerațiefrom French accélération
  • GermanAkzeleration
  • Italianaccelerazione
  • Occitanacceleracion
  • Portugueseaceleração
  • Spanishaceleración
  • Asturianaceleración

In English words that came into English from accelerātiō

  • accelerationaccelerātiō

Quick answers

What does accelerātiō mean in Latin?
accelerātiō, a noun, means “a hastening; acceleration”.
What is the genitive of accelerātiō?
The genitive singular is accelerātiōnis. accelerātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce accelerātiō?
In classical Latin, [ak.kɛ.ɫɛˈraː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [at.t͡ʃe.leˈrat.t͡si.o].