LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

cremātiō

cremātiō f (genitive cremātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. burning
  2. cremation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecremātiōcremātiōnēs
genitivecremātiōniscremātiōnum
dativecremātiōnīcremātiōnibus
accusativecremātiōnemcremātiōnēs
ablativecremātiōnecremātiōnibus
vocativecremātiōcremātiōnēs

crĕmātĭo, ōnis, f. cremo,
I. a burning, consuming by fire, cremation (post-Aug. and rare), Plin. 23, 2, 31, § 64; Prud. στεφ. 6, 88.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cremātiō From cremō + -tiō.

Borrowed
  • Englishcremation
  • Frenchcrémation
  • Italiancremazione
  • Portuguesecremação
  • Romaniancremațiune
  • Spanishcremación
  • Russianкрема́ция
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesequeimação
  • Spanishquemazón
Gallo-Romance
  • Occitancremason

Quick answers

What does cremātiō mean in Latin?
cremātiō, a noun, means “burning; cremation”.
What is the genitive of cremātiō?
The genitive singular is cremātiōnis. cremātiō is feminine, third declension.