LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

cōnsummātiō

cōnsummātiō f (genitive cōnsummātiōnis)
Classical[kõː.sʊmˈmaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[kon.sumˈmat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. summing up, summary, conclusion
  2. completion, consummation

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecōnsummātiōcōnsummātiōnēs
genitivecōnsummātiōniscōnsummātiōnum
dativecōnsummātiōnīcōnsummātiōnibus
accusativecōnsummātiōnemcōnsummātiōnēs
ablativecōnsummātiōnecōnsummātiōnibus
vocativecōnsummātiōcōnsummātiōnēs

consummātĭo, ōnis, f. id. (postAug.).
I. A casting up or reckoning together, a summing up, a summary view.
A. Prop.: operarum, Col. 12, 13, 7: ambitus Europae, Plin. 4, 23, 37, § 121: singulorum mancipiorum, Dig. 21, 1, 36.—
B. Transf.
1. A union, accumulation: ita non haec (poma) sed consummatio omnium nocet, not fruit of itself, but the use of it in addition to all other food, Cels. 1, 3, 83.—
2. In rhet. t. t., a comprehending, connecting together: cum plura argumenta ad unum effectum deducuntur, Quint. 9, 2, 103.—
II. A finishing, completing, accomplishing, consummation: susceptae professionis, Col. 9, 2, 2: habet res minime consummationem, id. 1, prooem. § 7: maximarum rerum, Sen. Brev. Vit. 1, 3: operis, Quint. 2, 18, 2; 6, 1, 55: liberalitatis, Plin. Ep. 5, 12, 1; Vulg. Jer. 30, 11 (for the Heb. ) et saep.: alvi, i. e. a digestion of food, Plin. 26, 8, 28, § 43: gladiatorum, i. e. the main proof of their skill, id. 8, 7, 7, § 22: PRIMI PILI, i. e. the completed time of service as primipilus, Inscr. Orell. 3453.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnsummātiō From cōnsummō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishconsummation
  • Frenchconsommation
  • Italianconsumazione
  • Portugueseconsumação
  • Spanishconsumación
  • Siciliancunzumazziuni

In English words that came into English from cōnsummātiō

  • consummationcōnsummātiō

Quick answers

What does cōnsummātiō mean in Latin?
cōnsummātiō, a noun, means “summing up, summary, conclusion; completion, consummation”.
What is the genitive of cōnsummātiō?
The genitive singular is cōnsummātiōnis. cōnsummātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce cōnsummātiō?
In classical Latin, [kõː.sʊmˈmaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kon.sumˈmat.t͡si.o].