LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

cōnfōrmātiō

cōnfōrmātiō f (genitive cōnfōrmātiōnis)
Classical[kõː.foːrˈmaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[koɱ.forˈmat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. conformation, shape, form
  2. figure of speech

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecōnfōrmātiōcōnfōrmātiōnēs
genitivecōnfōrmātiōniscōnfōrmātiōnum
dativecōnfōrmātiōnīcōnfōrmātiōnibus
accusativecōnfōrmātiōnemcōnfōrmātiōnēs
ablativecōnfōrmātiōnecōnfōrmātiōnibus
vocativecōnfōrmātiōcōnfōrmātiōnēs

conformātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a symmetrical forming or fashioning, conformation, shape, form (freq. in the philos. and rhet. writings of Cic.; elsewhere rare).
I. Prop.: lineamentorum, Cic. N. D. 1, 18, 47: qualis sit (animus) in ipso corpore, quae conformatio, quae magnitudo, qui locus, id. Tusc. 1, 22, 50: membrorum, id. N. D. 2, 33, 85: quaedam et figura totius oris et corporis, id. de Or. 1, 25, 114: theatri, Vitr. 5, 6.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen.: vocis, expression of voice, Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 18: verborum, arrangement, id. ib. 1, 33, 151: verborum et sententiarum, id. ib. 3, 52, 201: conformatio et moderatio continentiae et temperantiae, conformation, id. Off. 3, 25, 96: animi, i. q. notio, an idea, notion, conception, id. N. D. 1, 38, 105.—Also without animi, Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357; id. Top. 5, 27.—
B. Esp., in rhet., a figure of speech, Cic. Brut. 37, 140; Quint. 9, 1, 4; 9, 2, 1.—
2. In later rhett. esp., a prosopopœia, Auct. Her. 4, 53, 66; Prisc. p. 1340 P.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnfōrmātiō From cōnfōrmō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanconformació
  • Frenchconformation
  • Italianconformazione
  • Portugueseconformação
  • Romanianconformație
  • Spanishconformación
  • Galicianconformación
  • Russianконформа́ция

Quick answers

What does cōnfōrmātiō mean in Latin?
cōnfōrmātiō, a noun, means “conformation, shape, form; figure of speech”.
What is the genitive of cōnfōrmātiō?
The genitive singular is cōnfōrmātiōnis. cōnfōrmātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce cōnfōrmātiō?
In classical Latin, [kõː.foːrˈmaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [koɱ.forˈmat.t͡si.o].