LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

ligātiō

ligātiō f (genitive ligātiōnis)
Classical[lɪˈɡaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[liˈɡat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. binding, bandage

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeligātiōligātiōnēs
genitiveligātiōnisligātiōnum
dativeligātiōnīligātiōnibus
accusativeligātiōnemligātiōnēs
ablativeligātiōneligātiōnibus
vocativeligātiōligātiōnēs

lĭgātĭo, ōnis, f. 1. ligo,
I. a binding, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 37, 195; Scrib. Comp. 255.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ-der. Latin ligō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ligātiō From ligō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanlligació
  • Italianligazione
  • Occitanligason
  • Frenchliaisonfrom Old French liaison
  • Englishliaisonfrom Old French liaison
  • Portugueseligação
  • Spanishligazón
  • Spanishligación
  • Englishligation
  • Old Occitanliazó

Quick answers

What does ligātiō mean in Latin?
ligātiō, a noun, means “binding, bandage”.
What is the genitive of ligātiō?
The genitive singular is ligātiōnis. ligātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce ligātiō?
In classical Latin, [lɪˈɡaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [liˈɡat.t͡si.o].