LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

generātiō

generātiō f (genitive generātiōnis)
Classical[ɡɛ.nɛˈraː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[d͡ʒe.neˈrat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. a generation
    Sed pertinuit ad Deum, quo ista inspirante conscripta sunt, has duas societates suis diuersis generationibus primitus digerere atque distinguere […]But it suited the purpose of God, by whose inspiration these histories were composed, to arrange and distinguish from the first these two societies in their several generations […]412 CE – 426 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, De civitate Dei 15.8
  2. a begetting
  3. offspring
    Scimus quia omnis qui natus est ex Deo, non peccat : sed generatio Dei conservat eum, et malignus non tangit eum.[…]We know because each whose birth is from God, doesn't sin, but the offspring of God uphold him, and the wicked one doesn't touch him. […]c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, 1 John 5.18

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativegenerātiōgenerātiōnēs
genitivegenerātiōnisgenerātiōnum
dativegenerātiōnīgenerātiōnibus
accusativegenerātiōnemgenerātiōnēs
ablativegenerātiōnegenerātiōnibus
vocativegenerātiōgenerātiōnēs

gĕnĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. genero,
I. a begetting, generating, generation (post-Aug.): piscium, Plin. 9, 50, 74, § 157; 8, 47, 72, § 187: deorum = θεογονία, a poem of Hesiod, Lact. 1, 5, 8: Adam, Vulg. Gen. 5, 1: Christi, id. Matt. 1, 1.—
II. Transf., a generation of men, Ambros. Off. Ministr. 1, 25, 121.—In plur., Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 142 al.; Vulg. Eph. 3, 5 et saep.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin generātiō From generō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalangeneraciófrom Old Catalan generació
  • Frenchgénérationfrom Old French generacion
  • Romaniangenerațiefrom Old French generacion
  • Englishgenerationfrom Old French generacion
  • Portuguesegeraçãofrom Old Galician-Portuguese geeraçon
  • Italiangenerazione
  • Occitangeneracionfrom Old Occitan generacion
  • Spanishgeneración
  • Esperantogeneracio
  • Franco-Provençalg·ènèracionfrom Old French generacion

Quick answers

What does generātiō mean in Latin?
generātiō, a noun, means “a generation; a begetting; offspring”.
What is the genitive of generātiō?
The genitive singular is generātiōnis. generātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce generātiō?
In classical Latin, [ɡɛ.nɛˈraː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [d͡ʒe.neˈrat.t͡si.o].