LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dēcalvātiō

dēcalvātiō f (genitive dēcalvātiōnis)
Classical[deː.kaɫˈwaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[de.kalˈvat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. the action of shaving the head, making bald
    4th century, Hieronymus, Epistolae 122.1

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēcalvātiōdēcalvātiōnēs
genitivedēcalvātiōnisdēcalvātiōnum
dativedēcalvātiōnīdēcalvātiōnibus
accusativedēcalvātiōnemdēcalvātiōnēs
ablativedēcalvātiōnedēcalvātiōnibus
vocativedēcalvātiōdēcalvātiōnēs

dēcalvātio, ōnis, f. decalvo,
I. the making bald, Hieron. Ep. 122, 1.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēcalvātiō From dēcalvō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Italiandecalvazione
  • Portuguesedecalvação
  • Spanishdecalvación

Quick answers

What does dēcalvātiō mean in Latin?
dēcalvātiō, a noun, means “the action of shaving the head, making bald”.
What is the genitive of dēcalvātiō?
The genitive singular is dēcalvātiōnis. dēcalvātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dēcalvātiō?
In classical Latin, [deː.kaɫˈwaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [de.kalˈvat.t͡si.o].