LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

obtentiō

obtentiō f (genitive obtentiōnis)

Meaning

  1. covering, veiling
  2. obscurity, darkness

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeobtentiōobtentiōnēs
genitiveobtentiōnisobtentiōnum
dativeobtentiōnīobtentiōnibus
accusativeobtentiōnemobtentiōnēs
ablativeobtentiōneobtentiōnibus
vocativeobtentiōobtentiōnēs

ob-tentĭo, ōnis, f. id. II.,
I. a covering, veiling; trop., obscurity, darkness (postclass.): aliquid obtentionibus allegoricis claudere, by an allegorical dress, Arn. 5, 181; 5, 182.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin obtentiō From obtineō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanobtenció
  • Englishobtention
  • Frenchobtention
  • Portugueseobtenção
  • Spanishobtención
  • Galicianobtención

In English words that came into English from obtentiō

  • obtentionobtentiō

Quick answers

What does obtentiō mean in Latin?
obtentiō, a noun, means “covering, veiling; obscurity, darkness”.
What is the genitive of obtentiō?
The genitive singular is obtentiōnis. obtentiō is feminine, third declension.