LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dēfōrmātiō

dēfōrmātiō f (genitive dēfōrmātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. deforming, defacing, disfigurement

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēfōrmātiōdēfōrmātiōnēs
genitivedēfōrmātiōnisdēfōrmātiōnum
dativedēfōrmātiōnīdēfōrmātiōnibus
accusativedēfōrmātiōnemdēfōrmātiōnēs
ablativedēfōrmātiōnedēfōrmātiōnibus
vocativedēfōrmātiōdēfōrmātiōnēs

dēformātĭo, ōnis, f. 1. deformo,
I. a representation, delineation, Vitr. 1, 1; 3, praef. fin.
dēformātĭo, ōnis, f. 2. deformo,
I. a deforming, disfiguring, defacing: tantae majestatis, Liv. 9, 5 fin.: manus, Cod. Theod. 7, 13, 4; 15, 1, 19.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēfōrmātiō From dēfōrmō (“to deform”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalandeformació
  • Englishdeformation
  • Frenchdéformation
  • Romaniandeformațiefrom French déformation
  • Italiandeformazione
  • Portuguesedeformação
  • Spanishdeformación
  • Turkishdeformasyonfrom French déformation
  • Russianдеформа́ция

Quick answers

What does dēfōrmātiō mean in Latin?
dēfōrmātiō, a noun, means “deforming, defacing, disfigurement”.
What is the genitive of dēfōrmātiō?
The genitive singular is dēfōrmātiōnis. dēfōrmātiō is feminine, third declension.