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noun · femininethird declension

dentītiō

dentītiō f (genitive dentītiōnis)
Classical[dɛnˈtiː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[denˈtit.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. teething, dentition

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedentītiōdentītiōnēs
genitivedentītiōnisdentītiōnum
dativedentītiōnīdentītiōnibus
accusativedentītiōnemdentītiōnēs
ablativedentītiōnedentītiōnibus
vocativedentītiōdentītiōnēs

dentītĭo, ōnis, f. 1. dentio,
I. a teething, dentition, of children, etc., Plin. 28, 19, 78, § 257 sq.; 30, 15, 47, § 135 sq. al.; Veg. a. v. 3, 25, 1.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dentītiō From dentiō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishdentition
  • Frenchdentition
  • Spanishdentición
  • Italiandentizione

In English words that came into English from dentītiō

  • dentitiondentītiō

Quick answers

What does dentītiō mean in Latin?
dentītiō, a noun, means “teething, dentition”.
What is the genitive of dentītiō?
The genitive singular is dentītiōnis. dentītiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dentītiō?
In classical Latin, [dɛnˈtiː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [denˈtit.t͡si.o].