LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dēvorātiō

dēvorātiō f (genitive dēvorātiōnis)
Classical[deː.wɔˈraː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[de.voˈrat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. devouring (gobbling up)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēvorātiōdēvorātiōnēs
genitivedēvorātiōnisdēvorātiōnum
dativedēvorātiōnīdēvorātiōnibus
accusativedēvorātiōnemdēvorātiōnēs
ablativedēvorātiōnedēvorātiōnibus
vocativedēvorātiōdēvorātiōnēs

dēvŏrātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a devouring: carnis, Tert. Res. carn. 54.—With gen. subject.: piscis, Vulg. Tobiae, 12, 3; id. Ezech. 34, 5.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēvorātiō From dēvorō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishdevoration
  • Frenchdévoration
  • Italiandivorazione
  • Portuguesedevoração
  • Spanishdevoración

Quick answers

What does dēvorātiō mean in Latin?
dēvorātiō, a noun, means “devouring (gobbling up)”.
What is the genitive of dēvorātiō?
The genitive singular is dēvorātiōnis. dēvorātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dēvorātiō?
In classical Latin, [deː.wɔˈraː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [de.voˈrat.t͡si.o].