LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

penetrātiō

penetrātiō f (genitive penetrātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. piercing, penetration

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepenetrātiōpenetrātiōnēs
genitivepenetrātiōnispenetrātiōnum
dativepenetrātiōnīpenetrātiōnibus
accusativepenetrātiōnempenetrātiōnēs
ablativepenetrātiōnepenetrātiōnibus
vocativepenetrātiōpenetrātiōnēs

pĕnĕtrātĭo, ōnis, f. penetro,
I. a piercing, penetrating (post-class.), App. Flor. p. 160, 40.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin penetrātiō From penetrō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanpenetració
  • Englishpenetration
  • Frenchpénétration
  • Italianpenetrazione
  • Portuguesepenetração
  • Romanianpenetrație
  • Spanishpenetración
  • Galicianpenetración

In English words that came into English from penetrātiō

  • penetrationpenetrātiō

Quick answers

What does penetrātiō mean in Latin?
penetrātiō, a noun, means “piercing, penetration”.
What is the genitive of penetrātiō?
The genitive singular is penetrātiōnis. penetrātiō is feminine, third declension.