LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

propitiātiō

propitiātiō f (genitive propitiātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. appeasement, atonement, propitiation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepropitiātiōpropitiātiōnēs
genitivepropitiātiōnispropitiātiōnum
dativepropitiātiōnīpropitiātiōnibus
accusativepropitiātiōnempropitiātiōnēs
ablativepropitiātiōnepropitiātiōnibus
vocativepropitiātiōpropitiātiōnēs

prŏpĭtĭātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. an appeasing, atonement, propitiation (post-class.), Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 7: propitiatio placatio est, Isid. Orig. 15, 4; Ambros. Cant. 2, 14; Vulg. Lev. 23, 28 et saep.—Transf.: ipse est propitiatio pro peccatis nostris, Vulg. 1 Joh. 2, 2.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin propitiātiō From propitiō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishpropitiation

In English words that came into English from propitiātiō

  • propitiationpropitiātiō

Quick answers

What does propitiātiō mean in Latin?
propitiātiō, a noun, means “appeasement, atonement, propitiation”.
What is the genitive of propitiātiō?
The genitive singular is propitiātiōnis. propitiātiō is feminine, third declension.