LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

habitātiō

habitātiō f (genitive habitātiōnis)
Classical[ha.bɪˈtaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[a.biˈtat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. An inhabiting, dwelling.
  2. A habitation, residence, dwelling; lodging.
  3. The rent (for a dwelling).

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativehabitātiōhabitātiōnēs
genitivehabitātiōnishabitātiōnum
dativehabitātiōnīhabitātiōnibus
accusativehabitātiōnemhabitātiōnēs
ablativehabitātiōnehabitātiōnibus
vocativehabitātiōhabitātiōnēs

hăbĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a dwelling, inhabiting: ad habitationem praebere mansionem, Pall. 1, 9, 1: aquarum, Firm. Math. 2, 10 init.
II. Transf., a dwelling, habitation.—
A. Lit. (class.; cf.: domus, domicilium, sedes, mansio, tectum): scelestae haec aedes, impiast habitatio, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 73; cf. id. ib. 67: ut nobis haec habitatio Bona, fausta ... eveniat, id. Trin. 1, 2, 2: peto a te, ut ei de habitatione accommodes, Cic. Fam. 13, 2: sumptus habitationis, id. Cael. 7, 17; Cato, R. R. 128; Col. 1, 6, 6: alicui gratuitam habitationem praestare, Gai. Inst. 4, 153; in plur.: mercedes habitationum annuae, house-rent, Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 1.—
B. Rent for a dwelling, house-rent: annuam habitationem Romae usque ad bina milia nummum remisit, Suet. Caes. 38.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin habitātiō From habitō (“inhabit; dwell”) + -tiō.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanhabitació
  • Englishhabitation
  • Frenchhabitation
  • Italianabitazione
  • Occitanabitacion
  • Portuguesehabitação
  • Romanianabitație
  • Spanishhabitación
  • Galicianhabitación
  • Venetanabitasion
Padanian
  • Romagnolabitaziôn

In English words that came into English from habitātiō

  • habitationhabitātiōnem

Quick answers

What does habitātiō mean in Latin?
habitātiō, a noun, means “An inhabiting, dwelling.; A habitation, residence, dwelling; lodging.”.
What is the genitive of habitātiō?
The genitive singular is habitātiōnis. habitātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce habitātiō?
In classical Latin, [ha.bɪˈtaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.biˈtat.t͡si.o].