LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

ōrdinātiō

ōrdinātiō f (genitive ōrdinātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. regulating, arranging
  2. regulation, ordinance, decree, edict
  3. ordination

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeōrdinātiōōrdinātiōnēs
genitiveōrdinātiōnisōrdinātiōnum
dativeōrdinātiōnīōrdinātiōnibus
accusativeōrdinātiōnemōrdinātiōnēs
ablativeōrdinātiōneōrdinātiōnibus
vocativeōrdinātiōōrdinātiōnēs

ordĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. ordino,
I. a setting in order, regulating, arranging; an order, arrangement, regulation (mostly postAug.).
I. Lit.: architectura constat ex ordinatione, quae Graece τάξις dicitur, et ex dispositione. Ordinatio est modica membrorum operis commoditas separatim, universaeque proportionis ad symmetriam comparatio, Vitr. 1, 2.—Of vines, Col. 4, 29, 12.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen., an ordering, regulating, orderly arrangement: comitiorum, Vell. 2, 124, 3: anni, Suet. Aug. 31: vitae, Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 4: mundus est ornata ordinatio dei munere, App. de Mundo, 1, p. 251.—
B. In partic.
1. An orderly regulation of state affairs, rule, government: quid ordinatione civilius? ... quam turpe, si ordinatio eversione, libertas servitute mutetur? Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 8.—
2. An appointing to office, installation of magistrates, governors: cur sibi visum esset ordinatione proximā Aegypto praeficere Metium Rufum, Suet. Dom. 4.—
3. A regulation, ordinance, decree, edict of an emperor: cum rerum omnium ordinatio ... observanda sit, tum, etc., Plin. Ep. 10, 58 (66), 10. —
4. (Eccl. Lat.) Ordination: episcopalis, Sid. Ep. 7, 6 fin.: cleri, August. Bon. Conj. 24; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 9, 36.—
5. Transf.: dispositis ordinationibus, in ranks, rows, App. M. 10, p. 253.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ōrdinātiō From ōrdinō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanordinació
  • Catalanordenació
  • GermanOrdination
  • Italianordinazione
  • Occitanordinacion
  • Portugueseordenação
  • Romanianordinație
  • Spanishordenación
  • Galicianordenación
  • Polishordynacja

In English words that came into English from ōrdinātiō

  • ordinationōrdinātiō
  • coordinationcoōrdinātiōnem

Quick answers

What does ōrdinātiō mean in Latin?
ōrdinātiō, a noun, means “regulating, arranging; regulation, ordinance, decree, edict; ordination”.
What is the genitive of ōrdinātiō?
The genitive singular is ōrdinātiōnis. ōrdinātiō is feminine, third declension.