LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

lūnificātiō

lūnificātiō f (genitive lūnificātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. the making of silver
    Nota quoque, quod ☿ ex 🜵 non fit sine sequestratione 🜍is Combustibilis Copiosi, Ergo & hoc ad Solificationem & Lunificationem sequestrari convenit.Note also that mercury is not made from regulus without the separation of copious combustible sulfur; therefore, it is fitting for solifaction and lunifaction for this sulfur to be removed.c. 1653-1656, George Starkey, translated by William R. Newman, Lawrence M. Principe, Alchemical Laboratory Notebooks and Correspondence, University of Chicago Press, published 2004, page 204:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelūnificātiōlūnificātiōnēs
genitivelūnificātiōnislūnificātiōnum
dativelūnificātiōnīlūnificātiōnibus
accusativelūnificātiōnemlūnificātiōnēs
ablativelūnificātiōnelūnificātiōnibus
vocativelūnificātiōlūnificātiōnēs

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lewk-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lówksneh₂
  3. Proto-Italic*louksnā
  4. Latinlūnificātiō

Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin lūnificātiō From lūna (“moon, Moon; silver”) + -ficō (“-ify”) + -tiō (“-tion”). Compare sōlificātiō.

Quick answers

What does lūnificātiō mean in Latin?
lūnificātiō, a noun, means “the making of silver”.
What is the genitive of lūnificātiō?
The genitive singular is lūnificātiōnis. lūnificātiō is feminine, third declension.
Where does lūnificātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *lewk- → Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂ → Proto-Italic *louksnā → Latin lūnificātiō.