LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

fortificātiō

fortificātiō f (genitive fortificātiōnis)
Classical[fɔr.tɪ.fɪˈka.ti.ɔ]Ecclesiastical[for.ti.fiˈkat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. a strengthening, fortifying

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefortificātiōfortificātiōnēs
genitivefortificātiōnisfortificātiōnum
dativefortificātiōnīfortificātiōnibus
accusativefortificātiōnemfortificātiōnēs
ablativefortificātiōnefortificātiōnibus
vocativefortificātiōfortificātiōnēs

Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879

fortĭfĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. fortifico,
I. a strengthening, fortifying (post-class.): corpori adhibere, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 44.

Origins

Post-Classical; from fortificō (“strengthen, fortify”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanfortificació
  • Englishfortification
  • Frenchfortification
  • Italianfortificazione
  • Portuguesefortificação
  • Romanianfortificație
  • Spanishfortificación
  • Russianфортификация