LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

commūnicātiō

commūnicātiō f (genitive commūnicātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. sharing, imparting
  2. partaking
  3. fellowship, communion
  4. obsoletecommunication
    Omnes ad Domino petere egemus, ut modum sanemus nostrae communicationis, non tantum ad maiorem efficaciam, sed etiam ad vitandum, ut verbis nostri alios laedamus.2025 July 30, Pope Leo XIV, X:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecommūnicātiōcommūnicātiōnēs
genitivecommūnicātiōniscommūnicātiōnum
dativecommūnicātiōnīcommūnicātiōnibus
accusativecommūnicātiōnemcommūnicātiōnēs
ablativecommūnicātiōnecommūnicātiōnibus
vocativecommūnicātiōcommūnicātiōnēs

commūnĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. communico (several times in Cic., elsewh. rare),
I. a making common, imparting, communicating.
I. In gen.: largitio et communicatio civitatis, Cic. Balb. 13, 31: quaedam societas et communicatio utilitatum, id. Fin. 5, 23, 65: consilii, id. Fam. 5, 19, 2: sermonis, id. Att. 1, 17, 6: criminis cum pluribus, Tiro ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14: nominum, i. e. the like appellation of several objects, Plin. 24, 14, 80, § 129: juris, Dig. 23, 2, 1: damni, ib. 27, 3, 1, § 14.—
II. In rhet., a figure of speech, = ἀνακοίνωσις, in accordance with which one turns to his hearers, and, as it were, allows them to take part in the inquiry, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 204; Quint. 9, 1, 30; 9, 2, 20 and 23.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin commūnicātiō From commūnicō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalancomunicació
  • Englishcommunication
  • Frenchcommunication
  • GermanKommunikation
  • Italiancomunicazione
  • Occitancomunicacion
  • Portuguesecomunicação
  • Romaniancomunicație
  • Spanishcomunicación
  • Dutchcommunicatie

In English words that came into English from commūnicātiō

  • communicationcommūnicātiōnem

Quick answers

What does commūnicātiō mean in Latin?
commūnicātiō, a noun, means “sharing, imparting; partaking; fellowship, communion”.
What is the genitive of commūnicātiō?
The genitive singular is commūnicātiōnis. commūnicātiō is feminine, third declension.