LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

accumulātiō

accumulātiō f (genitive accumulātiōnis)
Classical[ak.kʊ.mʊˈɫaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ak.ku.muˈlat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. The act of heaping up.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaccumulātiōaccumulātiōnēs
genitiveaccumulātiōnisaccumulātiōnum
dativeaccumulātiōnīaccumulātiōnibus
accusativeaccumulātiōnemaccumulātiōnēs
ablativeaccumulātiōneaccumulātiōnibus
vocativeaccumulātiōaccumulātiōnēs

accŭmŭlātĭo (adc.), ōnis, f. accumulo,
I. a heaping up, only as t. t. in the lang. of gardening, of the heaping up of earth round the roots of plants, Plin. 17, 26, 39, § 246.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinaccumulātiō

Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus 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 cumulō Latin accumulō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin accumulātiō From accumulō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanacumulació
  • Englishaccumulation
  • Englishaccumulatio
  • Frenchaccumulation
  • Italianaccumulazione
  • Portugueseacumulação
  • Romanianacumulație
  • Spanishacumulación
  • Galicianacumulación
  • Russianаккумуля́ция

In English words that came into English from accumulātiō

  • accumulationaccumulātiō
  • accumulatioaccumulātiō

Quick answers

What does accumulātiō mean in Latin?
accumulātiō, a noun, means “The act of heaping up.”.
What is the genitive of accumulātiō?
The genitive singular is accumulātiōnis. accumulātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce accumulātiō?
In classical Latin, [ak.kʊ.mʊˈɫaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ak.ku.muˈlat.t͡si.o].
Where does accumulātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin accumulātiō.