LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

prōcreātiō

prōcreātiō f (genitive prōcreātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. sexual act of begetting, procreating
  2. offspring, progeny
  3. Late Latinproduce, fruit of the land (agricultural goods)
  4. Medieval Latinact of naming of a professional

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeprōcreātiōprōcreātiōnēs
genitiveprōcreātiōnisprōcreātiōnum
dativeprōcreātiōnīprōcreātiōnibus
accusativeprōcreātiōnemprōcreātiōnēs
ablativeprōcreātiōneprōcreātiōnibus
vocativeprōcreātiōprōcreātiōnēs

prōcrĕātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a begetting, generation, procreation (class.): procreatio liberorum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31: hominum procreationes, id. Div. 2, 46, 96.—
II. Transf., that which is begotten, Vitr. 2, 9, 1.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin prōcreātiō From prōcreō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanprocreació
  • Frenchprocréationfrom Old French procreacion
  • Romanianprocreațiefrom Old French procreacion
  • Englishprocreationfrom Old French procreacion
  • Italianprocreazione
  • Spanishprocreación
  • Dutchprocreatie

Quick answers

What does prōcreātiō mean in Latin?
prōcreātiō, a noun, means “sexual act of begetting, procreating; offspring, progeny; produce, fruit of the land (agricultural goods)”.
What is the genitive of prōcreātiō?
The genitive singular is prōcreātiōnis. prōcreātiō is feminine, third declension.