LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

collocātiō

collocātiō f (genitive collocātiōnis)
Classical[kɔl.lɔˈkaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[kol.loˈkat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. the act of putting together or setting up; arrangement, placing, collocation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecollocātiōcollocātiōnēs
genitivecollocātiōniscollocātiōnum
dativecollocātiōnīcollocātiōnibus
accusativecollocātiōnemcollocātiōnēs
ablativecollocātiōnecollocātiōnibus
vocativecollocātiōcollocātiōnēs

collŏcātĭo (conl-), ōnis, f. colloco,
I. a putting together, arrangement, a setting up, erecting, placing, collocation (except in rhet. use, very rare).
I. In gen.: siderum, Cic. Univ. 9, 26: moenium, Vitr. 5, 3. —
B. Esp. in speech: verborum, Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; 2, 13, 54; id. Or. 25, 83; 70, 232; Quint. 1, 10, 22; cf. id. 8, prooem. § 6; 8, 3, 41; 9, 4, 58; 9, 4, 89: argumentorum, Cic. de Or. 2, 42, 181: rerum, Quint. 3, 3, 8. —
II. Esp.: filiae, an endowing, giving in marriage (v. colloco, I. B.), Cic. Clu. 66, 190.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin collocātiō From collocō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalancol·locació
  • Englishcollocation
  • Frenchcollocation
  • Italiancollocazione
  • Portuguesecolocação
  • Spanishcolocación
  • Polishkolokacjafrom French collocation
  • Galiciancolocación

Quick answers

What does collocātiō mean in Latin?
collocātiō, a noun, means “the act of putting together or setting up; arrangement, placing, collocation”.
What is the genitive of collocātiō?
The genitive singular is collocātiōnis. collocātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce collocātiō?
In classical Latin, [kɔl.lɔˈkaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kol.loˈkat.t͡si.o].