LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dēfaecātiō

dēfaecātiō f (genitive dēfaecātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. Late Latincleansing, purifying
  2. Late Latindefecation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēfaecātiōdēfaecātiōnēs
genitivedēfaecātiōnisdēfaecātiōnum
dativedēfaecātiōnīdēfaecātiōnibus
accusativedēfaecātiōnemdēfaecātiōnēs
ablativedēfaecātiōnedēfaecātiōnibus
vocativedēfaecātiōdēfaecātiōnēs

dēfaecātĭo (defec-), ōnis, f. id.,
I. a cleansing, purifying: carnis, Tert. Anim. 27.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēfaecātiō From dēfaecāre + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalandefecació
  • Englishdefecation
  • Frenchdéfécation
  • Romaniandefecațiefrom French défécation
  • GermanDefäkation
  • Italiandefecazione
  • Portuguesedefecação
  • Spanishdefecación
  • Polishdefekacja
  • Russianдефека́ция

In English words that came into English from dēfaecātiō

  • defecationdēfaecātiō

Quick answers

What does dēfaecātiō mean in Latin?
dēfaecātiō, a noun, means “cleansing, purifying; defecation”.
What is the genitive of dēfaecātiō?
The genitive singular is dēfaecātiōnis. dēfaecātiō is feminine, third declension.