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noun · femininethird declension

peregrīnātiō

peregrīnātiō f (genitive peregrīnātiōnis)
Classical[pɛ.rɛ.ɡriːˈnaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[pe.re.ɡriˈnat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. travel, travel abroad, journey, stay in a foreign place
    Vītam in peregrīnātiōne exigentibus hoc ēvenit: ut multa hospitia habeant, nūllās amīcitiās.When [people] spend life in travels abroad, the result is that they have many lodgings [but] no friendships.c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.2.2
  2. sojourn
  3. pilgrimage
  4. wandering, roaming

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeperegrīnātiōperegrīnātiōnēs
genitiveperegrīnātiōnisperegrīnātiōnum
dativeperegrīnātiōnīperegrīnātiōnibus
accusativeperegrīnātiōnemperegrīnātiōnēs
ablativeperegrīnātiōneperegrīnātiōnibus
vocativeperegrīnātiōperegrīnātiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

peregrinatio
a foreign journey.

pĕrĕgrīnātĭo, ōnis, f. peregrinor,
I. a being or living abroad, a sojourning, a travelling in foreign parts, a travelling about, travel, peregrination (class.).
I. Lit.: perpetua, Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 107: transmarina, Quint. 7, 3, 31; 12, 11, 18; Nep. Att. 2, 3; Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 4 al.: terra peregrinationis tuae, Vulg. Gen. 17, 8: tempus in peregrinatione consumere, Cic. Att. 16, 3, 4.—In plur., Cic. Lael. 27, 103.—
II. Transf., of animals: bestiae peregrinatione laetantur, Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 109.—Of muscles, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 61.

Origins

From peregrīnor (“to live or travel overseas”) + -tiō (suffix forming abstract nouns).

Descendants
  • Catalanperegrinació
  • Englishperegrination
  • Frenchpérégrination
  • Italianperegrinazione
  • Portugueseperegrinação
  • Romanianperegrinație
  • Romanianperegrinațiune
  • Spanishperegrinación
  • Galicianperegrinación

In English words that came into English from peregrīnātiō

  • peregrinationperegrīnātiō

Quick answers

What does peregrīnātiō mean in Latin?
peregrīnātiō, a noun, means “travel, travel abroad, journey, stay in a foreign place; sojourn; pilgrimage”.
What is the genitive of peregrīnātiō?
The genitive singular is peregrīnātiōnis. peregrīnātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce peregrīnātiō?
In classical Latin, [pɛ.rɛ.ɡriːˈnaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pe.re.ɡriˈnat.t͡si.o].