LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

mancipātiō

mancipātiō f (genitive mancipātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. transfer, delivery
  2. surrendering

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemancipātiōmancipātiōnēs
genitivemancipātiōnismancipātiōnum
dativemancipātiōnīmancipātiōnibus
accusativemancipātiōnemmancipātiōnēs
ablativemancipātiōnemancipātiōnibus
vocativemancipātiōmancipātiōnēs

mancĭpātĭo (mancŭp-), ōnis, f. mancipo,
I. a making over, delivery, transfer of a thing to another; one of the modes of acquiring possession by the Roman civil law; hence, also, for purchase: qui mancipio accipit, apprehendere id ipsum, quod ei mancipio datur, necesse sit: unde etiam mancipatio dicitur, quia manu res capitur, Gai. Inst. 1, 121 (v. the passage in full under mancipium): mancupationem tabulis probare, the purchase, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 117.

Origins

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 mancipō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin mancipātiō From mancipō + -tiō.

Quick answers

What does mancipātiō mean in Latin?
mancipātiō, a noun, means “transfer, delivery; surrendering”.
What is the genitive of mancipātiō?
The genitive singular is mancipātiōnis. mancipātiō is feminine, third declension.