LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

migrātiō

migrātiō f (genitive migrātiōnis)
Classical[mɪˈɡraː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[miˈɡrat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. move (change of dwelling)
  2. migration

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemigrātiōmigrātiōnēs
genitivemigrātiōnismigrātiōnum
dativemigrātiōnīmigrātiōnibus
accusativemigrātiōnemmigrātiōnēs
ablativemigrātiōnemigrātiōnibus
vocativemigrātiōmigrātiōnēs

mī^grātĭo, ōnis, f. migro,
I. a removal, a changing of one's habitation, migration (class.).
I. Lit.: haec migratio nobis misera, Liv. 5, 53: migrationem esse mortem in eas oras, quas, qui vitā excesserunt, incolunt, Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; cf. id. ib. 1, 12, 27; id. Cael. 8, 18.—*
II. Trop.: cui verbo (fideliter) domicilium est proprium in officio, migrationes in alienum multae, transfers, metaphorical uses, Cic. Fam. 16, 17, 1.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂meygʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂migʷrós
  3. Proto-Italic*migros
  4. Latinmigrātiō

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin migrō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin migrātiō From migrō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanmigració
  • Englishmigration
  • Frenchmigration
  • Italianmigrazione
  • Portuguesemigração
  • Romanianmigrație
  • Romanianmigrațiune
  • Spanishmigración
  • Galicianmigración
  • Leonesemigración

In English words that came into English from migrātiō

  • migrationmigrātiō

Quick answers

What does migrātiō mean in Latin?
migrātiō, a noun, means “move (change of dwelling); migration”.
What is the genitive of migrātiō?
The genitive singular is migrātiōnis. migrātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce migrātiō?
In classical Latin, [mɪˈɡraː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [miˈɡrat.t͡si.o].
Where does migrātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂meygʷ- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂migʷrós → Proto-Italic *migros → Latin migrātiō.