What does alternātiō mean in Latin?

alternātiō, a noun, means “interchange, alternation; alternative”.

What is the genitive of alternātiō?

The genitive singular is alternātiōnis. alternātiō is feminine, third declension.

noun · femininethird declension

alternātiō f (genitive alternātiōnis)

alternātīo, ōnis, f. alterno,

I. an interchange, an alternation (post-class.).

I. In gen.: per vices successio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; Macr. S. 7, 5: pedes incertis alternationibus commovere, App. M. 10, p. 243, 12.—

II. Esp., t. t. in the jurists, an alternative, this or that, Dig. 47, 10, 7; 13, 4, 2; 11, 3, 9.

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin alternātiō From alternō + -tiō.

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