LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

investīgātiō

investīgātiō f (genitive investīgātiōnis)
Classical[ɪn.wɛs.tiːˈɡaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[iɱ.ves.tiˈɡat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. inquiry, investigation
  2. research, search

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeinvestīgātiōinvestīgātiōnēs
genitiveinvestīgātiōnisinvestīgātiōnum
dativeinvestīgātiōnīinvestīgātiōnibus
accusativeinvestīgātiōneminvestīgātiōnēs
ablativeinvestīgātiōneinvestīgātiōnibus
vocativeinvestīgātiōinvestīgātiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

veri inquisitio atque investigatio
zealous pursuit of truth.
se conferre ad naturae investigationem
to devote oneself to the study of a natural science.

investīgātĭo, ōnis, f. investigo,
I. a searching or inquiring into, investigation (class.): rerum occultissimarum, Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 10: veri (with inquisitio), id. Off. 1, 4, 13: sapientiae ejus, Vulg. Isa. 40, 28.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin investīgātiō From investīgō (“track, investigate, search after”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalaninvestigació
  • Englishinvestigation
  • Frenchinvestigation
  • Italianinvestigazione
  • Portugueseinvestigação
  • Romanianinvestigație
  • Spanishinvestigación

In English words that came into English from investīgātiō

  • investigationinvestīgātiō
  • investigateinvestīgātiō

Quick answers

What does investīgātiō mean in Latin?
investīgātiō, a noun, means “inquiry, investigation; research, search”.
What is the genitive of investīgātiō?
The genitive singular is investīgātiōnis. investīgātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce investīgātiō?
In classical Latin, [ɪn.wɛs.tiːˈɡaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iɱ.ves.tiˈɡat.t͡si.o].