LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

ēvolūtiō

ēvolūtiō f (genitive ēvolūtiōnis)
Classical[eː.wɔˈɫuː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[e.voˈlut.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. The act of unrolling or opening a book; reading.
    Cicero, De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum. Quid tibi, Torquate, quid huic Triario litterae, quid historiae cognitioque rerum, quid poetarum evolutio, quid tanta tot versuum memoria voluptatis affert?What actual pleasure do you, Torquatus, or does Triarius here, derive from literature, from history and learning, from turning the pages of the poets and committing vast quantities of verse to memory?

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeēvolūtiōēvolūtiōnēs
genitiveēvolūtiōnisēvolūtiōnum
dativeēvolūtiōnīēvolūtiōnibus
accusativeēvolūtiōnemēvolūtiōnēs
ablativeēvolūtiōneēvolūtiōnibus
vocativeēvolūtiōēvolūtiōnēs

ēvŏlūtĭo, ōnis, f. evolvo, I. B. 1.,
I. an unrolling or opening of a book; hence, a reading: quid poëtarum evolutio voluptatis affert? Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 25.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ēvolūtiō From ēvolvere, ēvolvō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanevolució
  • Englishevolution
  • Frenchévolution
  • GermanEvolution
  • Italianevoluzione
  • Occitanevolucion
  • Portugueseevolução
  • Romanianevoluție
  • Spanishevolución
  • Friulianevoluzion

Quick answers

What does ēvolūtiō mean in Latin?
ēvolūtiō, a noun, means “The act of unrolling or opening a book; reading.”.
What is the genitive of ēvolūtiō?
The genitive singular is ēvolūtiōnis. ēvolūtiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce ēvolūtiō?
In classical Latin, [eː.wɔˈɫuː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [e.voˈlut.t͡si.o].