LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

oblātiō

oblātiō f (genitive oblātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. offering, gift, oblation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeoblātiōoblātiōnēs
genitiveoblātiōnisoblātiōnum
dativeoblātiōnīoblātiōnibus
accusativeoblātiōnemoblātiōnēs
ablativeoblātiōneoblātiōnibus
vocativeoblātiōoblātiōnēs

ob-lātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. an offering, presenting, a giving or bestowing gratuitously (post-class.; cf.: donum, munus, votum).
I. In abstr.: honorum oblationibus, Eum. Pan. ad Const. 16: si forte oblatio ei fiat ejus, quod, etc., Dig. 5, 2, 8, § 10.—
B. In partic., a bid at an auction: qui ceteros oblatione superavit, Cod. Th. 5, 13, 18.—
II. In concr., a gift, present: amplissimi ordinis, Cod. Th. 6, 2, 14: si maritus ad oblationem dei uxori donavit, Dig. 24, 1, 5, § 12. —
B. Esp., an offering, sacrifice, Ambros. Cain, 2, 6, 18; id. in Psa. 35, 7; Vulg. Eph. 5, 2; id. Heb. 10, 5.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin oblātiō From offerō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Italianoblazione
  • Englishoblationfrom Old French oblacion
  • Portugueseoblaçãofrom Old Galician-Portuguese oblaçon
  • Spanishoblación
  • Proto-West Germanic*oblātijā

In English words that came into English from oblātiō

  • oblationoblātiō

Quick answers

What does oblātiō mean in Latin?
oblātiō, a noun, means “offering, gift, oblation”.
What is the genitive of oblātiō?
The genitive singular is oblātiōnis. oblātiō is feminine, third declension.