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noun · femininethird declension

īnflammātiō

īnflammātiō f (genitive īnflammātiōnis)
Classical[ĩː.fɫamˈmaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[iɱ.flamˈmat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. conflagration
  2. inflammation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeīnflammātiōīnflammātiōnēs
genitiveīnflammātiōnisīnflammātiōnum
dativeīnflammātiōnīīnflammātiōnibus
accusativeīnflammātiōnemīnflammātiōnēs
ablativeīnflammātiōneīnflammātiōnibus
vocativeīnflammātiōīnflammātiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ardor, inflammatio animi, incitatio mentis, mentis vis incitatior
enthusiasm.

inflammātĭo, ōnis, f. inflammo,
I. a kindling, setting on fire, conflagration.
I. Lit. (post-class.): portarum, Nazar. in Pan. Constant. 21: imperium quodam quasi diluvio et inflammatione corripuit, Flor. 4, 2, 3. —
B. Transf., of the body, an inflammation: oculos inflammatio occupat, Cels. 6, 6, 1: aurium, Plin. 22, 25, 64, § 132: discutere, id. 21, 20, 86, § 150: sedare, id. 22, 25, 74, § 155: refrigerare, id. 24, 8, 35, § 51: mitigare, id. 23 prooem. § 3.—
II. Trop., a kindling, inflaming: animorum (poëtarum), Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 194.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinīnflammātiō

Latin flamma Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin flammō Latin īnflammō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin īnflammātiō From īnflammō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalaninflamació
  • Englishinflammation
  • Frenchinflammation
  • Italianinfiammazione
  • Portugueseinflamação
  • Spanishinflamación

In English words that came into English from īnflammātiō

  • inflammationīnflammātiō

Quick answers

What does īnflammātiō mean in Latin?
īnflammātiō, a noun, means “conflagration; inflammation”.
What is the genitive of īnflammātiō?
The genitive singular is īnflammātiōnis. īnflammātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce īnflammātiō?
In classical Latin, [ĩː.fɫamˈmaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iɱ.flamˈmat.t͡si.o].
Where does īnflammātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Italic *en → Proto-Italic *en- → Latin īnflammātiō.