LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

cōnfirmātiō

cōnfirmātiō f (genitive cōnfirmātiōnis)
Classical[kõː.fɪrˈmaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[koɱ.firˈmat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. confirmation, verification
  2. corroboration
  3. EcclesiasticalLatinconfirmation (sacrament)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecōnfirmātiōcōnfirmātiōnēs
genitivecōnfirmātiōniscōnfirmātiōnum
dativecōnfirmātiōnīcōnfirmātiōnibus
accusativecōnfirmātiōnemcōnfirmātiōnēs
ablativecōnfirmātiōnecōnfirmātiōnibus
vocativecōnfirmātiōcōnfirmātiōnēs

confirmātĭo, ōnis, f. confirmo,
I. a securing, establishing, confirming (in good prose, but only in trop. signif.; most freq. in Cic., Caes., and Quint.). *
I. In gen.: perpetuae libertatis, Cic. Fam. 12, 8, 1.—
II. Esp.
A. A confirming, fortifying, quieting of a wavering, fearful mind; encouragement, consolation: animi, Caes. B. C. 1, 21; Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 1: Ciceronis, id. Att. 14, 13, 4: neque enim confirmatione nostrā egebat virtus tua, id. Fam. 6, 3, 1.—
B. A confirming, verifying of a fact, assertion, etc.: perfugae, Caes. B. G. 3, 18; Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48; Quint. 2, 17, 12.—Hence,
2. In rhet., an adducing of proofs, Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 34; id. Part. Or. 8, 27; Quint. 4, 3, 1; 4, 4, 1; 4, 2, 79; 5, 14, 6 Spald. al.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnfirmātiō From cōnfirmō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanconfirmació
  • Englishconfirmation
  • Frenchconfirmation
  • GermanKonfirmation
  • Italianconfermazione
  • Portugueseconfirmação
  • Romanianconfirmație
  • Spanishconfirmación
  • Danishkonfirmation
  • Dutchconfirmatie

In English words that came into English from cōnfirmātiō

  • confirmationcōnfirmātiō

Quick answers

What does cōnfirmātiō mean in Latin?
cōnfirmātiō, a noun, means “confirmation, verification; corroboration; confirmation (sacrament)”.
What is the genitive of cōnfirmātiō?
The genitive singular is cōnfirmātiōnis. cōnfirmātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce cōnfirmātiō?
In classical Latin, [kõː.fɪrˈmaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [koɱ.firˈmat.t͡si.o].