LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

refūtātiō

refūtātiō f (genitive refūtātiōnis)
Classical[rɛ.fuːˈtaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[re.fuˈtat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. rhetoricrefutation (an act of refuting)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerefūtātiōrefūtātiōnēs
genitiverefūtātiōnisrefūtātiōnum
dativerefūtātiōnīrefūtātiōnibus
accusativerefūtātiōnemrefūtātiōnēs
ablativerefūtātiōnerefūtātiōnibus
vocativerefūtātiōrefūtātiōnēs

rĕfūtātĭo, ōnis, f. id.;
I. in rhet., a refutation, Cic. Top. 25, 93; Quint. 5, 13, 1; 3, 9, 5; 4, 3, 15; 6, 3, 72.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin refūtātiō From refūtō + -tiō.

Quick answers

What does refūtātiō mean in Latin?
refūtātiō, a noun, means “refutation (an act of refuting)”.
What is the genitive of refūtātiō?
The genitive singular is refūtātiōnis. refūtātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce refūtātiō?
In classical Latin, [rɛ.fuːˈtaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [re.fuˈtat.t͡si.o].