LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

arātiō

arātiō f (genitive arātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. ploughing
  2. arable land

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativearātiō
arātiuncula		arātiōnēs
arātiunculae
genitivearātiōnis
arātiunculae		arātiōnum
arātiunculārum
dativearātiōnī
arātiunculae		arātiōnibus
arātiunculīs
accusativearātiōnem
arātiunculam		arātiōnēs
arātiunculās
ablativearātiōne
arātiunculā		arātiōnibus
arātiunculīs
vocativearātiō
arātiuncula		arātiōnēs
arātiunculae

ărātĭo, ōnis, f. aro.
I. A ploughing, and in gen. the cultivation of the ground, agriculture: iteratio arationis peracta esse debet, si, etc., Col. 11, 2, 64: aratione per transversum iterata, Plin. 18, 20, 49, § 180: ut quaestuosa mercatura, fructuosa aratio dicitur, Cic. Tusc. 5, 31, 86.—
II. Meton. (abstr. for concr.), ploughed land, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 47 (cf. aratiuncula): (calsa) nascitur in arationibus, Plin. 27, 8, 36, § 58.— Esp., in Roman financial lang., the public farms or plots of land farmed out for a tenth of the produce (cf. arator, I. B.), Cic. Phil. 2, 39 fin.; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éryeti
  3. Latinarātiō

Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trominflu. Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃yeti Proto-Italic *araō Latin arō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin arātiō From arō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englisharation
  • Franco-Provençalarreson
  • Romansharazun
  • Middle Frencharacion

In English words that came into English from arātiō

  • arationarātiō

Quick answers

What does arātiō mean in Latin?
arātiō, a noun, means “ploughing; arable land”.
What is the genitive of arātiō?
The genitive singular is arātiōnis. arātiō is feminine, third declension.
Where does arātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti → Latin arātiō.