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noun · femininethird declension

dīmidiātiō

dīmidiātiō f (genitive dīmidiātiōnis)
Classical[diː.mɪ.diˈaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[di.mi.diˈat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. Late Latina halving, a dividing into halves
    Unde hæc dimidiatio salutis.
  2. Medieval Latina dimidiation (marshalling of two coats of arms from the dexter half of one coat and the sinister half of the other)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedīmidiātiōdīmidiātiōnēs
genitivedīmidiātiōnisdīmidiātiōnum
dativedīmidiātiōnīdīmidiātiōnibus
accusativedīmidiātiōnemdīmidiātiōnēs
ablativedīmidiātiōnedīmidiātiōnibus
vocativedīmidiātiōdīmidiātiōnēs

dīmĭdĭātĭo, ōnis, f. dimidio,
I. a halving, dividing into halves: salutis, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 24.

Origins

From dīmidiō (“to halve”, stem with thematic vowel: dīmidiā-) + -tiō (suffix forming verbal nouns).

Descendants
  • Italiandimidiazione
  • Englishdimidiationfrom Middle English dimydicion

In English words that came into English from dīmidiātiō

  • dimidiationdīmidiātiō

Quick answers

What does dīmidiātiō mean in Latin?
dīmidiātiō, a noun, means “a halving, a dividing into halves; a dimidiation (marshalling of two coats of arms from the dexter half of one coat and the sinister half of the other)”.
What is the genitive of dīmidiātiō?
The genitive singular is dīmidiātiōnis. dīmidiātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dīmidiātiō?
In classical Latin, [diː.mɪ.diˈaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [di.mi.diˈat.t͡si.o].