LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dēnōminātiō

dēnōminātiō f (genitive dēnōminātiōnis)
Classical[deː.noː.mɪˈnaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[de.no.miˈnat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. metonymy
  2. derivation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēnōminātiōdēnōminātiōnēs
genitivedēnōminātiōnisdēnōminātiōnum
dativedēnōminātiōnīdēnōminātiōnibus
accusativedēnōminātiōnemdēnōminātiōnēs
ablativedēnōminātiōnedēnōminātiōnibus
vocativedēnōminātiōdēnōminātiōnēs

dēnōmĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. denomino, rhetor. t. t.,
I. the substitution of the name of an object for that of another to which it has some relation, as the name of the cause for that of the effect, of the property for that of the substance, etc.; a metonymy, Auct. Her. 4, 32; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 23 sq., and immutatio.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēnōminātiō

Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nōminō Latin dēnōminō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēnōminātiō From dēnōminō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalandenominació
  • Englishdenomination
  • Frenchdénomination
  • Italiandenominazione
  • Portuguesedenominação
  • Romaniandenominație
  • Spanishdenominación
  • Russianденомина́ция

In English words that came into English from dēnōminātiō

  • denominationdēnōminātiō

Quick answers

What does dēnōminātiō mean in Latin?
dēnōminātiō, a noun, means “metonymy; derivation”.
What is the genitive of dēnōminātiō?
The genitive singular is dēnōminātiōnis. dēnōminātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dēnōminātiō?
In classical Latin, [deː.noː.mɪˈnaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [de.no.miˈnat.t͡si.o].
Where does dēnōminātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēnōminātiō.