LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

hiātiō

hiātiō f (genitive hiātiōnis)
Classical[hiˈaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[iˈat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. yawn (gaping opening)
    .I. ante .a. aspiratur in his quæ a verbo hio, as sunt tracta, ut hiatus, hiatio. Cur autem aspiretur, hoc suo loco docebitur.Lucius Caecilicus Minutianus Appuleius, De orthographia 22

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativehiātiōhiātiōnēs
genitivehiātiōnishiātiōnum
dativehiātiōnīhiātiōnibus
accusativehiātiōnemhiātiōnēs
ablativehiātiōnehiātiōnibus
vocativehiātiōhiātiōnēs

Origins

From hiō + -tiō.

Quick answers

What does hiātiō mean in Latin?
hiātiō, a noun, means “yawn (gaping opening)”.
What is the genitive of hiātiō?
The genitive singular is hiātiōnis. hiātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce hiātiō?
In classical Latin, [hiˈaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iˈat.t͡si.o].