LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

alterātiō

alterātiō f (genitive alterātiōnis)
Classical[aɫ.tɛˈraː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[al.teˈrat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. alteration, change

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativealterātiōalterātiōnēs
genitivealterātiōnisalterātiōnum
dativealterātiōnīalterātiōnibus
accusativealterātiōnemalterātiōnēs
ablativealterātiōnealterātiōnibus
vocativealterātiōalterātiōnēs

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin alterātiō From alterāre, alterō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanalteració
  • Englishalteration
  • Frenchaltération
  • Italianalterazione
  • Portuguesealteração
  • Romanianalterație
  • Spanishalteración
  • Galicianalteración

Quick answers

What does alterātiō mean in Latin?
alterātiō, a noun, means “alteration, change”.
What is the genitive of alterātiō?
The genitive singular is alterātiōnis. alterātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce alterātiō?
In classical Latin, [aɫ.tɛˈraː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [al.teˈrat.t͡si.o].