LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

cōnsōlātiō

cōnsōlātiō f (genitive cōnsōlātiōnis)
Classical[kõː.soːˈɫaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[kon.soˈlat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. consolation
    quoniam, sīcut abundant passiōnēs Chrīstī in nōbīs, ita per Chrīstum abundat et cōnsōlātiō nostra.For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ.1986, Holy See, “Epistula II ad Corinthios 1:5 [2 Corinthians 1:5]”, in NRSV, transl., Nova Vulgata:
  2. comfort

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecōnsōlātiōcōnsōlātiōnēs
genitivecōnsōlātiōniscōnsōlātiōnum
dativecōnsōlātiōnīcōnsōlātiōnibus
accusativecōnsōlātiōnemcōnsōlātiōnēs
ablativecōnsōlātiōnecōnsōlātiōnibus
vocativecōnsōlātiōcōnsōlātiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

nihil habere consolationis
to afford no consolation.

consōlātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a consoling, consolation, comfort (in good prose; most freq. in Cic.).
I. In gen.: uti consolatione, Cic. Prov. Cons. 7, 15: non egere consolatione, id. Tusc. 3, 32, 77; id. Brut. 96, 330: stultam senectutem praeterita aetas nullā consolatione permulcere potest, id. Sen. 2, 4.—With gen. subj.: litterarum tuarum, Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1: Epicuri, id. Tusc. 3, 22, 78.—With gen. obj.: malorum, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 2.—In plur., Cic. Tusc. 3, 30, 73; 3, 32, 77.—
B. Meton., a consolatory discourse or treatise, Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 211; Quint. 10, 1, 47; 11, 3, 153.—
II. Esp., the title of a lost treatise of Cicero: De Consolatione, a fragm. of which is given by B. and K., Cic. Opera, xi. pp. 71-75.—
B. An encouraging, encouragement: timoris, an alleviating, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 6; Hirt. B. G. 8, 38; Auct. B. Alex. 8.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincōnsōlātiō

Latin sōlor Latin cōnsōlor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnsōlātiō From cōnsōlor + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanconsolació
  • Englishconsolation
  • Frenchconsolation
  • Italianconsolazione
  • Occitanconsolacion
  • Portugueseconsolação
  • Spanishconsolación
  • Aragoneseconsolación
  • Asturianconsolación
  • Corsicanconsolazione

Quick answers

What does cōnsōlātiō mean in Latin?
cōnsōlātiō, a noun, means “consolation; comfort”.
What is the genitive of cōnsōlātiō?
The genitive singular is cōnsōlātiōnis. cōnsōlātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce cōnsōlātiō?
In classical Latin, [kõː.soːˈɫaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kon.soˈlat.t͡si.o].
Where does cōnsōlātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin cōnsōlātiō.