LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dēsiccātiō

dēsiccātiō f (genitive dēsiccātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. Late Latindesiccation (drying up)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēsiccātiōdēsiccātiōnēs
genitivedēsiccātiōnisdēsiccātiōnum
dativedēsiccātiōnīdēsiccātiōnibus
accusativedēsiccātiōnemdēsiccātiōnēs
ablativedēsiccātiōnedēsiccātiōnibus
vocativedēsiccātiōdēsiccātiōnēs

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēsiccātiō From desiccatus + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishdesiccation
  • Frenchdessiccation
  • Italiandisseccazione
  • Portuguesedessecação
  • Romaniandesicație
  • Spanishdesecación

In English words that came into English from dēsiccātiō

  • desiccationdēsiccātiō

Quick answers

What does dēsiccātiō mean in Latin?
dēsiccātiō, a noun, means “desiccation (drying up)”.
What is the genitive of dēsiccātiō?
The genitive singular is dēsiccātiōnis. dēsiccātiō is feminine, third declension.