LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

exāminātiō

exāminātiō f (genitive exāminātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. equipoise, equilibrium
  2. weighing, examination

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeexāminātiōexāminātiōnēs
genitiveexāminātiōnisexāminātiōnum
dativeexāminātiōnīexāminātiōnibus
accusativeexāminātiōnemexāminātiōnēs
ablativeexāminātiōneexāminātiōnibus
vocativeexāminātiōexāminātiōnēs

exāmĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. examino.
I. Lit., i. q. libratio, an equipoise, equilibrium, Vitr. 10, 8.—
II. Trop., a weighing, examination (post-class.), Dig. 3, 5, 8; 47, 14, 1 fin.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exāminātiō From exāminō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Italianesaminazione
  • Italiansciame
  • Italiansciamatura
  • Spanishexaminación
  • Spanishenjambre
  • Spanishenjambrazón
  • Frenchexamination
  • Frenchessaimage
  • Englishexamination
  • Englishexam

In English words that came into English from exāminātiō

  • examinationexāminātiō

Quick answers

What does exāminātiō mean in Latin?
exāminātiō, a noun, means “equipoise, equilibrium; weighing, examination”.
What is the genitive of exāminātiō?
The genitive singular is exāminātiōnis. exāminātiō is feminine, third declension.