LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

initiātiō

initiātiō f (genitive initiātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. participation in secret rites
  2. initiation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeinitiātiōinitiātiōnēs
genitiveinitiātiōnisinitiātiōnum
dativeinitiātiōnīinitiātiōnibus
accusativeinitiātiōneminitiātiōnēs
ablativeinitiātiōneinitiātiōnibus
vocativeinitiātiōinitiātiōnēs

ĭnĭtĭātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a participation in secret religious rites: Eleusiniorum sacrorum, Suet. Ner. 34.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin initiātiō From initiō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalaniniciació
  • Englishinitiation
  • Frenchinitiation
  • Italianiniziazione
  • Portugueseiniciação
  • Spanishiniciación
  • Russianинициация

Quick answers

What does initiātiō mean in Latin?
initiātiō, a noun, means “participation in secret rites; initiation”.
What is the genitive of initiātiō?
The genitive singular is initiātiōnis. initiātiō is feminine, third declension.