LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

inventiō

inventiō f (genitive inventiōnis)
Classical[ɪnˈwɛn.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[iɱˈvɛn.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. invention, discovery
  2. inventing
  3. plan, stratagem

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeinventiōinventiōnēs
genitiveinventiōnisinventiōnum
dativeinventiōnīinventiōnibus
accusativeinventiōneminventiōnēs
ablativeinventiōneinventiōnibus
vocativeinventiōinventiōnēs

inventĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. an inventing, invention (class.).
I. In gen.: illa vis quae investigat occulta, quae inventio atque excogitatio dicitur, Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 61; 1, 26, 65; Plin. Pan. 72.—
II. Rhet., the faculty of invention: inventio est excogitatio rerum verarum aut verisimilium, quae causam probabilem reddant, Auct. Her. 1, 2; cf.: partes eae (rhetoricae artis) . . . inventio, dispositio, etc., Cic. Inv. 1, 7, 9: rerum, Quint. 12, 10, 36.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*énu
  2. Latininventiō

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷəniō Latin veniō Latin inveniō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin inventiō From inveniō (“to find, discover, or come upon”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalaninvenció
  • Englishinvention
  • Frenchinvention
  • Italianinvenzione
  • Italianinventione
  • GermanInvention
  • Portugueseinvenção
  • Romanianinvenție
  • Spanishinvención
  • Finnishinventio

Quick answers

What does inventiō mean in Latin?
inventiō, a noun, means “invention, discovery; inventing; plan, stratagem”.
What is the genitive of inventiō?
The genitive singular is inventiōnis. inventiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce inventiō?
In classical Latin, [ɪnˈwɛn.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iɱˈvɛn.t͡si.o].
Where does inventiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *énu → Latin inventiō.