LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

alimentātiō

alimentātiō f (genitive alimentātiōnis)
Ecclesiastical[a.li.menˈtat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latinfeeding, sustenance
  2. EnglandMedieval Latinchild support

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativealimentātiōalimentātiōnēs
genitivealimentātiōnisalimentātiōnum
dativealimentātiōnīalimentātiōnibus
accusativealimentātiōnemalimentātiōnēs
ablativealimentātiōnealimentātiōnibus
vocativealimentātiōalimentātiōnēs

Origins

alimentō + -tiō; in the legal sense an ellipsis of alimentātiō prōlis (“sustenance of the child”).

Descendants
  • Catalanalimentació
  • Englishalimentation
  • Frenchalimentation
  • Italianalimentazione
  • Portuguesealimentação
  • Romanianalimentație
  • Romanianalimentațiune
  • Spanishalimentación
  • Asturianalimentación
  • Galicianalimentación

Quick answers

What does alimentātiō mean in Latin?
alimentātiō, a noun, means “feeding, sustenance; child support”.
What is the genitive of alimentātiō?
The genitive singular is alimentātiōnis. alimentātiō is feminine, third declension.