LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

relēgātiō

relēgātiō f (genitive relēgātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. banishment
  2. relegation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerelēgātiōrelēgātiōnēs
genitiverelēgātiōnisrelēgātiōnum
dativerelēgātiōnīrelēgātiōnibus
accusativerelēgātiōnemrelēgātiōnēs
ablativerelēgātiōnerelēgātiōnibus
vocativerelēgātiōrelēgātiōnēs

rĕlēgātĭo, ōnis, f. 1. relego.
1. A sending away, exiling, banishment, relegation: atque amandatio, Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 44; with exsilium, Liv. 3, 10 fin.; 4, 4.— With dat.: insulae, Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 17; v. 1. relego, I. A. 2.—
2. A bequest, legacy: dotis, Dig. 33, 4, 1, § 5.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin relēgātiō From relēgātus + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanrelegació
  • Englishrelegation
  • Frenchrelégation
  • Italianrelegazione
  • Portugueserelegação
  • Spanishrelegación

In English words that came into English from relēgātiō

  • relegationrelēgātiō

Quick answers

What does relēgātiō mean in Latin?
relēgātiō, a noun, means “banishment; relegation”.
What is the genitive of relēgātiō?
The genitive singular is relēgātiōnis. relēgātiō is feminine, third declension.