LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

aliēnātiō

aliēnātiō f (genitive aliēnātiōnis)
Classical[a.li.ɛˈna.ti.ɔ]Ecclesiastical[a.li.eˈnat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. transfer of property
  2. separation, desertion
  3. aversion, dislike, alienation, estrangement

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativealiēnātiōaliēnātiōnēs
genitivealiēnātiōnisaliēnātiōnum
dativealiēnātiōnīaliēnātiōnibus
accusativealiēnātiōnemaliēnātiōnēs
ablativealiēnātiōnealiēnātiōnibus
vocativealiēnātiōaliēnātiōnēs

ălĭēnātĭo, ōnis, f. alieno.
I. Act., the transferring of the possession of a thing to another, so as to make it his property: Alienatio tum fit, cum dominium ad alium transferimus, Dig. 18, 1, 67; Sen. Ben. 5, 10. So, alienatio sacrorum, a transfer of the sacred rites (sacra) of one family (gens) to another, Cic. Or. 42, 144; so id. Leg. 3, 20, 48.—
II. Neutr., the transferring of one's self, i. e. the going over to another; hence,
A. Trop., a separation, desertion, aversion, dislike, alienation (the internal separating or withdrawing of the feeling of good-will, friendship, and the like; while disjunctio designates merely an external separation): tuam a me alienationem commendationem tibi ad impios cives fore, Cic. Phil. 2. 1: alienatio consulum, id. Q. Fr. 1, 4: alienatio disjunctioque amicitiae, id. Lael. 21, 76: alienatio exercitūs (opp. benevolentia), Caes. B. C. 2, 31: in Vitellium alienatio, Tac. H. 2, 60: alienatio patrui, id. A. 2, 43: Numquid non perditio est iniquo, et alienatio operantibus injustitiam, Vulg. Job, 31, 3.—
B. In medic. lang.: alienatio mentis, aberration of mind, loss of reason, delirium, Cels. 4, 2; so Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 155: continua, Dig. 1, 18, 14; also without mentis: alienatio saporque, Sen. Ep. 78: alienationis in commoda, Firm. 4, 1.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin aliēnātiō From aliēnō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanalienació
  • Italianalienazione
  • Frenchaliénationfrom Old French alienacion
  • Romanianalienațiefrom Old French alienacion
  • Englishalienationfrom Old French alienacion
  • Portuguesealienação
  • Spanishalienación
  • Polishalienacjafrom Old French alienacion

Quick answers

What does aliēnātiō mean in Latin?
aliēnātiō, a noun, means “transfer of property; separation, desertion; aversion, dislike, alienation, estrangement”.
What is the genitive of aliēnātiō?
The genitive singular is aliēnātiōnis. aliēnātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce aliēnātiō?
In classical Latin, [a.li.ɛˈna.ti.ɔ]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.li.eˈnat.t͡si.o].