LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

mortificātiō

mortificātiō f (genitive mortificātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. killing, death

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemortificātiōmortificātiōnēs
genitivemortificātiōnismortificātiōnum
dativemortificātiōnīmortificātiōnibus
accusativemortificātiōnemmortificātiōnēs
ablativemortificātiōnemortificātiōnibus
vocativemortificātiōmortificātiōnēs

mortĭfĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. mortifico,
I. a killing, death (eccl. Lat.), opp. vivificatio, Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 9.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin mortificātiō From mortificō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Frenchmortification
  • Italianmortificazione
  • Portuguesemortificação
  • Romanianmortificație
  • Spanishmortificación

In English words that came into English from mortificātiō

  • mortificationmortificātiō

Quick answers

What does mortificātiō mean in Latin?
mortificātiō, a noun, means “killing, death”.
What is the genitive of mortificātiō?
The genitive singular is mortificātiōnis. mortificātiō is feminine, third declension.