LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

aedificātiō

aedificātiō f (genitive aedificātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. building, constructing (act of)
  2. building, structure, edifice
  3. instructing, edification

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaedificātiōaedificātiōnēs
genitiveaedificātiōnisaedificātiōnum
dativeaedificātiōnīaedificātiōnibus
accusativeaedificātiōnemaedificātiōnēs
ablativeaedificātiōneaedificātiōnibus
vocativeaedificātiōaedificātiōnēs

aedĭfĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. aedifico.
I. Abstr., the act of building, a building or constructing.
(a). Absol.: si ad horum luxuriam dirigas aedificationem, Varr. R. R. 1, 13: immensa et intolerabilis, Cic. Pis. 21; so id. Q. Fr. 2, 2; Vulg. 2 Para. 16, 6.—
(b). With gen.: urbium, Vulg. Judith, 5, 10.—
II. Concr., a building, a structure, edifice, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 23: domum tuam et aedificationem omnem perspexi, Cic. Fam. 5, 6: aedificationes templi, Vulg. Matt. 24, 1.—
III. Fig., building up, instructing, edification.
(a). Absol.: loquitur ad aedificationem, Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 3; 14, 26.—
(b). With gen.: ad aedificationem Ecclesiae, Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 12; ib. Eph. 4, 12.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin aedificātiō From aedificō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanedificació
  • Englishedification
  • Frenchédification
  • Italianedificazione
  • Occitanedificacion
  • Portugueseedificação
  • Romanianedificație
  • Spanishedificación
  • Galicianedificación

Quick answers

What does aedificātiō mean in Latin?
aedificātiō, a noun, means “building, constructing (act of); building, structure, edifice; instructing, edification”.
What is the genitive of aedificātiō?
The genitive singular is aedificātiōnis. aedificātiō is feminine, third declension.