LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

nāvigātiō

nāvigātiō f (genitive nāvigātiōnis)
Classical[naː.wɪˈɡaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[na.viˈɡat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. The act of sailing or voyaging; voyage, navigation.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenāvigātiōnāvigātiōnēs
genitivenāvigātiōnisnāvigātiōnum
dativenāvigātiōnīnāvigātiōnibus
accusativenāvigātiōnemnāvigātiōnēs
ablativenāvigātiōnenāvigātiōnibus
vocativenāvigātiōnāvigātiōnēs

nāvĭgātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a sailing, navigation: ex tuis litteris cognovi cursūs navigationum tuarum, Cic. Fam. 13, 68, 1: in portum ex longā navigatione venire, id. Sen. 19, 71: prima navigatio, id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3: navigationi se committere, id. Fam. 16, 4, 1: celeri navigatione properare, Tac. H. 2, 81; 4, 49: maris, id. ib. 2, 53: diei navigatione distare, a day's sail, Plin. 2, 75, 77, § 187: Aegyptia, id. 24, 6, 19, § 28.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néh₂us
  3. Proto-Italic[Term?]
  4. Latinnāvigātiō

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 -ōder. Latin -igō Latin nāvigō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin nāvigātiō From nāvigō (“sail, navigate”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalannavegació
  • Englishnavigation
  • Frenchnavigationfrom Middle French navigation
  • Romaniannavigațiefrom Middle French navigation
  • GermanNavigation
  • Italiannavigazione
  • Portuguesenavegação
  • Spanishnavegación
  • Turkishnavigasyonfrom Middle French navigation
  • Indonesiannavigasifrom Middle French navigation

In English words that came into English from nāvigātiō

  • navigationnāvigātiōnem

Quick answers

What does nāvigātiō mean in Latin?
nāvigātiō, a noun, means “The act of sailing or voyaging; voyage, navigation.”.
What is the genitive of nāvigātiō?
The genitive singular is nāvigātiōnis. nāvigātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce nāvigātiō?
In classical Latin, [naː.wɪˈɡaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [na.viˈɡat.t͡si.o].
Where does nāvigātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us → Proto-Italic [Term?] → Latin nāvigātiō.