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noun · femininethird declension

dērīvātiō

dērīvātiō f (genitive dērīvātiōnis)
Classical[deː.riːˈwaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[de.riˈvat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. diversion, deviation
  2. derivation, etymology
    Vīmine quernō sunt aliquae dūrae dērīvātiōnēs; tamen eīs sīc ūtimur ut 'quernum vīmen', item 'colurnum verū', ut "pinguiaque in veribus torrēbimus exta colurnīs", 'fīculnum lignum', ut Horātius "ōlim truncus eram fīculnus, inūtile lignum", item 'aprūgnum callum'.With oak wicker, there are some difficult derivations; nevertheless, we use them thus: ‘oak wicker,’ likewise ‘hazel spit,’ as in ‘and we shall roast the rich entrails on hazel spits’; ‘fig-wood,’ as Horace says, ‘once I was a fig-tree trunk, a useless piece of wood’; likewise ‘wild-plum callus.’c. 4th-5th century, Servius Honoratus, In Vergilii Aeneidem commentarii 11.65

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedērīvātiōdērīvātiōnēs
genitivedērīvātiōnisdērīvātiōnum
dativedērīvātiōnīdērīvātiōnibus
accusativedērīvātiōnemdērīvātiōnēs
ablativedērīvātiōnedērīvātiōnibus
vocativedērīvātiōdērīvātiōnēs

dērīvātĭo, ōnis, f. derivo,
I. a leading off, turning off, turning away.
I. Lit.: derivationes fluminum, * Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14: sollemnis (sc. lacus Albani), Liv. 5, 15 (cf. shortly before, priusquam ex lacu Albano aqua emissa foret).—
II. Trop.
A. In gen.: dictum aliquod in aliquem usum tuum opportuna derivatione convertere, Macr. S. 6, 1.—
B. Esp.
1. In grammat. lang., derivation, etymology of words, Plin. ap. Serv. Aen. 9, 706; Dig. 50, 16, 57; Charis. p. 73 P. et saep.—
2. In rhetor.
(a). An exchanging of one word for another of like meaning, to soften the expression (as fortis for temerarius, liberalis for prodigus, etc.), Quint. 3, 7, 25.—
(b). As rhet. fig. = παρηγμένον, the development of a preceding statement or conception into a new thought, Jul. Ruf. Schem. Lex. § 14.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dērīvātiō From dērīvāre + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanderivació
  • Frenchdérivation
  • GermanDerivation
  • Italianderivazione
  • Portuguesederivação
  • Romanianderivație
  • Spanishderivación
  • Danishderivation
  • Dutchderivatie
  • Galicianderivación

In English words that came into English from dērīvātiō

  • derivationdērīvātiō

Quick answers

What does dērīvātiō mean in Latin?
dērīvātiō, a noun, means “diversion, deviation; derivation, etymology”.
What is the genitive of dērīvātiō?
The genitive singular is dērīvātiōnis. dērīvātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dērīvātiō?
In classical Latin, [deː.riːˈwaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [de.riˈvat.t͡si.o].