noun · femininethird declension
irrigātiō
irrigātiō f (genitive irrigātiōnis)
Meaning
- watering, irrigation
Quid ego irrigātiōnēs, quid fossiōnēs agrī repastinātiōnēsque prōferam, quibus fit multō terra fēcundior?
[On growing grapes:] Why should I even mention the irrigation systems, the tilling of the soil, and the deep trenching, all of which make the land so much more fertile?106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 15.53
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | irrigātiō | irrigātiōnēs inrigātiōnēs |
| genitive | irrigātiōnis inrigātiōnis | irrigātiōnum inrigātiōnum |
| dative | irrigātiōnī inrigātiōnī | irrigātiōnibus inrigātiōnibus |
| accusative | irrigātiōnem inrigātiōnem | irrigātiōnēs inrigātiōnēs |
| ablative | irrigātiōne inrigātiōne | irrigātiōnibus inrigātiōnibus |
| vocative | irrigātiō | irrigātiōnēs inrigātiōnēs |
irrĭgātĭo (inr-), ōnis, f. irrigo,
I. a watering, irrigating:
quos (pulvinos) irrigationes abluunt, Varr. R. R. 1, 35, 1: agrorum, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14: agri, id. de Sen. 15, 53.— With gen. subj.: irrigatione fluminis diluere aliquid, Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 81.—Also transf., refreshment: irrigation ossium tuorum, Vulg. Prov. 3, 8.Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin irrigātiō From irrigō + -tiō.
Descendants
- Catalanirrigació
- Frenchirrigation
- Italianirrigazione
- Occitanirrigacion
- Portugueseirrigação
- Romanianirigație
- Romanianirigațiune
- Spanishirrigación
- Galicianirrigación
- Russianирригация