LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

inundātiō

inundātiō f (genitive inundātiōnis)
Classical[ɪ.nʊnˈdaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[i.nunˈdat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. inundation, an overflowing, flood
  2. broadlya crowd of people

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeinundātiōinundātiōnēs
genitiveinundātiōnisinundātiōnum
dativeinundātiōnīinundātiōnibus
accusativeinundātiōneminundātiōnēs
ablativeinundātiōneinundātiōnibus
vocativeinundātiōinundātiōnēs

ĭnundātĭo, ōnis, f. inundo,
I. an overflowing, inundating, inundation (postAug.): fluminum, Col. 3, 11, 8: coërcere, Suet. Aug. 30: inundationes Tiberis, id. Oth. 8: Nili, Plin. Pan. 30 fin.; Cassiod. Var. 3, 42: terrarum, the deluge, Plin. 5, 13, 14, § 69; Sol. 34, 1. —
II. Transf., of a crowd of people, Schol. Juv. 3, 249.— Of horses: inundatione equorum ejus operiet te pulvis, Vulg. Ezech. 26, 10.—Of troubles, sorrow, Vulg. Job, 21, 17.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin inundātiō From inundō (“overflow, inundate”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalaninundació
  • Englishinundation
  • Frenchinondation
  • Italianinondazione
  • Occitaninondacion
  • Portugueseinundação
  • Romanianinundație
  • Spanishinundación
  • Asturianinundación
  • Friulianinondazion

In English words that came into English from inundātiō

  • inundationinundātiō

Quick answers

What does inundātiō mean in Latin?
inundātiō, a noun, means “inundation, an overflowing, flood; a crowd of people”.
What is the genitive of inundātiō?
The genitive singular is inundātiōnis. inundātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce inundātiō?
In classical Latin, [ɪ.nʊnˈdaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [i.nunˈdat.t͡si.o].