LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dēmōlītiō

dēmōlītiō f (genitive dēmōlītiōnis)

Meaning

  1. demolition

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēmōlītiōdēmōlītiōnēs
genitivedēmōlītiōnisdēmōlītiōnum
dativedēmōlītiōnīdēmōlītiōnibus
accusativedēmōlītiōnemdēmōlītiōnēs
ablativedēmōlītiōnedēmōlītiōnibus
vocativedēmōlītiōdēmōlītiōnēs

dēmōlītĭo, ōnis, f. demolior, no. II.,
I. a tearing down, demolishing (very rare).
I. Lit.: dum ea demolitio (statuarum) fieret, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 67; Vitr. 10, 19.— *
B. Trop.: veritatis, an undermining, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 1.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēmōlītiō From dēmōlior + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalandemolició
  • Frenchdémolition
  • Italiandemolizione
  • Occitandemolicion
  • Portuguesedemolição
  • Spanishdemolición
  • Galiciandemolición

In English words that came into English from dēmōlītiō

  • demolitiondēmōlītiō

Quick answers

What does dēmōlītiō mean in Latin?
dēmōlītiō, a noun, means “demolition”.
What is the genitive of dēmōlītiō?
The genitive singular is dēmōlītiōnis. dēmōlītiō is feminine, third declension.