LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

expānsiō

expānsiō f (genitive expānsiōnis)

Meaning

  1. expansion (spreading out)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeexpānsiōexpānsiōnēs
genitiveexpānsiōnisexpānsiōnum
dativeexpānsiōnīexpānsiōnibus
accusativeexpānsiōnemexpānsiōnēs
ablativeexpānsiōneexpānsiōnibus
vocativeexpānsiōexpānsiōnēs

expansĭo, ōnis, f. expando,
I. a spreading out, expansion (late Lat.): corporis, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 4, 139.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin expānsiō From expandō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanexpansió
  • Frenchexpansion
  • GermanExpansionfrom French expansion
  • Italianespansione
  • Portugueseexpansão
  • Romanianexpansie
  • Romanianexpansiune
  • Spanishexpansión
  • Danishekspansion
  • Indonesianekspansifrom Dutch expansie

Quick answers

What does expānsiō mean in Latin?
expānsiō, a noun, means “expansion (spreading out)”.
What is the genitive of expānsiō?
The genitive singular is expānsiōnis. expānsiō is feminine, third declension.