LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

īnfectiō

īnfectiō f (genitive īnfectiōnis)

Meaning

  1. infection

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeīnfectiōīnfectiōnēs
genitiveīnfectiōnisīnfectiōnum
dativeīnfectiōnīīnfectiōnibus
accusativeīnfectiōnemīnfectiōnēs
ablativeīnfectiōneīnfectiōnibus
vocativeīnfectiōīnfectiōnēs

infectĭo, ōnis, f. 2. in-factus,
I. a non-performance of a thing, a doing nothing (late Lat.): fortunae (al. effectione), Eum. Pan. ad Const. Caes. 18, 6.
infectĭo, ōnis, f. inficio,
I. a dyeing (late Lat.): capillorum, Theod. Prisc. 1, 1: purpurae, Ambros. Apol. David, 8, § 45.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin īnfectiō From īnficiō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalaninfecció
  • Englishinfection
  • Frenchinfection
  • Italianinfezione
  • Occitaninfeccion
  • Portugueseinfecção
  • Portugueseinfeção
  • Romanianinfecțiune
  • Romanianinfecție
  • Spanishinfección

Quick answers

What does īnfectiō mean in Latin?
īnfectiō, a noun, means “infection”.
What is the genitive of īnfectiō?
The genitive singular is īnfectiōnis. īnfectiō is feminine, third declension.