LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

percōlātiō

percōlātiō f (genitive percōlātiōnis)
Classical[pɛr.koːˈɫaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[per.koˈlat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. a straining or filtering through, percolation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepercōlātiōpercōlātiōnēs
genitivepercōlātiōnispercōlātiōnum
dativepercōlātiōnīpercōlātiōnibus
accusativepercōlātiōnempercōlātiōnēs
ablativepercōlātiōnepercōlātiōnibus
vocativepercōlātiōpercōlātiōnēs

percōlātĭo, ōnis, f. 1. percolo,
I. a straining through, a filtering, Vitr. 8, 7.

Origins

From percōlō (“to strain or filter through”, “to percolate”) + -tiō (“-tion”, suffix forming action nouns).

Descendants
  • Catalanpercolació
  • Englishpercolation
  • Frenchpercolation
  • GermanPerkolation
  • Italianpercolazione
  • Portuguesepercolação
  • Romanianpercolație
  • Spanishpercolación
  • Finnishperkolaatio

Quick answers

What does percōlātiō mean in Latin?
percōlātiō, a noun, means “a straining or filtering through, percolation”.
What is the genitive of percōlātiō?
The genitive singular is percōlātiōnis. percōlātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce percōlātiō?
In classical Latin, [pɛr.koːˈɫaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [per.koˈlat.t͡si.o].