LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

bāsiātiō

bāsiātiō f (genitive bāsiātiōnis)
Classical[baː.siˈaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ba.s̬iˈat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. poetica kissing; kiss.
    Quaeris, quot mihi bāsiātiōnēsYou ask how many kissesc. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 7.1

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativebāsiātiōbāsiātiōnēs
genitivebāsiātiōnisbāsiātiōnum
dativebāsiātiōnībāsiātiōnibus
accusativebāsiātiōnembāsiātiōnēs
ablativebāsiātiōnebāsiātiōnibus
vocativebāsiātiōbāsiātiōnēs

bāsĭātĭo, ōnis,
I. f [basio], a kissing; meton (abstr pro concr.), a kiss (rare; cf. osculum), *Cat. 7, 1; Mart. 7, 95, 17; 2, 23, 4.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin bāsiātiō From bāsiō (“give a kiss”) + -tiō.

In English words that came into English from bāsiātiō

  • basiationbāsiātiō

Quick answers

What does bāsiātiō mean in Latin?
bāsiātiō, a noun, means “a kissing; kiss.”.
What is the genitive of bāsiātiō?
The genitive singular is bāsiātiōnis. bāsiātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce bāsiātiō?
In classical Latin, [baː.siˈaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ba.s̬iˈat.t͡si.o].