LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

lavātiō

lavātiō f (genitive lavātiōnis)
Classical[ɫaˈwaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[laˈvat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. a washing, bathing (action)
  2. bath (apparatus or place)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelavātiōlavātiōnēs
genitivelavātiōnislavātiōnum
dativelavātiōnīlavātiōnibus
accusativelavātiōnemlavātiōnēs
ablativelavātiōnelavātiōnibus
vocativelavātiōlavātiōnēs

lăvātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a washing, bathing, bath.
I. In abstr.: quid ea messis attinet ad meam lavationem? Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 4; Cic. ap. Col. 12, 3, 2: lavatio calida et pueris et senibus apta est, Cels. 1, 3, § 71; 79; cf.: boves lavatione calidae aquae traduntur pinguescere, Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 178.—
II. Transf.
A. Bathing apparatus: ut lavatio parata sit, Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 3: argentea, Phaedr. 4, 5, 22; Dig. 34, 2, 25, § 10. —
B. A bathing-place, bathing-room, bath: in versura porticus frigida lavatio, quam Graeci λουτρὸν vocitant, Vitr. 5, 11; Dig. 19, 2, 30, § 1; Inscr. Grut. 444, 8; 473, 1 al.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-der. Proto-Italic *lowō Latin lavō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin lavātiō From lavō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishlavation
  • Italianlavazione
  • Portugueselavação
  • Spanishlavación
  • Old Frenchlavation

Quick answers

What does lavātiō mean in Latin?
lavātiō, a noun, means “a washing, bathing (action); bath (apparatus or place)”.
What is the genitive of lavātiō?
The genitive singular is lavātiōnis. lavātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce lavātiō?
In classical Latin, [ɫaˈwaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [laˈvat.t͡si.o].