LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

īnfōrmātiō

īnfōrmātiō f (genitive īnfōrmātiōnis)
Classical[ĩː.foːrˈmaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[iɱ.forˈmat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. sketch, idea, conception
  2. information

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeīnfōrmātiōīnfōrmātiōnēs
genitiveīnfōrmātiōnisīnfōrmātiōnum
dativeīnfōrmātiōnīīnfōrmātiōnibus
accusativeīnfōrmātiōnemīnfōrmātiōnēs
ablativeīnfōrmātiōneīnfōrmātiōnibus
vocativeīnfōrmātiōīnfōrmātiōnēs

in-formātĭo, ōnis, f. informo,
I. a representation.
I. Lit., an outline, sketch, first draft: aedium sacrarum informationes, Vitr. 4, 6 fin.—
II. Trop., an idea, conception: anticipatio, quam appellat πρόληψιν Epicurus, id est anteceptam animo rei quandam informationem, Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 100: dei, id. de Or. 2, 87, 358: unius verbi imagine totius sententiae informatio, an exhibition of the idea contained in a word, an explanation of its meaning, id. Part. Or. 29, 102.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin īnfōrmātiō From īnfōrmō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalaninformació
  • Englishinformation
  • Frenchinformation
  • GermanInformation
  • Italianinformazione
  • Portugueseinformação
  • Romanianinformație
  • Spanishinformación
  • Haitian Creoleenfòmasyonfrom French information
  • Galicianinformación

Quick answers

What does īnfōrmātiō mean in Latin?
īnfōrmātiō, a noun, means “sketch, idea, conception; information”.
What is the genitive of īnfōrmātiō?
The genitive singular is īnfōrmātiōnis. īnfōrmātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce īnfōrmātiō?
In classical Latin, [ĩː.foːrˈmaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iɱ.forˈmat.t͡si.o].