LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

exsiccātiō

exsiccātiō f (genitive exsiccātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. Late Latindesiccation (drying up)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeexsiccātiōexsiccātiōnēs
genitiveexsiccātiōnisexsiccātiōnum
dativeexsiccātiōnīexsiccātiōnibus
accusativeexsiccātiōnemexsiccātiōnēs
ablativeexsiccātiōneexsiccātiōnibus
vocativeexsiccātiōexsiccātiōnēs

exsiccātĭo, ōnis, f. exsicco,
I. a drying up (late Lat.), Ambros. de Fuga Saec. 6, 34.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exsiccātiō From exsiccātus + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishexsiccation
  • Frenchexsiccation
  • Italianessiccazione
  • Sicilianessiccazziuni

In English words that came into English from exsiccātiō

  • exsiccationexsiccātiō

Quick answers

What does exsiccātiō mean in Latin?
exsiccātiō, a noun, means “desiccation (drying up)”.
What is the genitive of exsiccātiō?
The genitive singular is exsiccātiōnis. exsiccātiō is feminine, third declension.