LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

repraesentātiō

repraesentātiō f (genitive repraesentātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. representation
  2. showing, exhibiting

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerepraesentātiōrepraesentātiōnēs
genitiverepraesentātiōnisrepraesentātiōnum
dativerepraesentātiōnīrepraesentātiōnibus
accusativerepraesentātiōnemrepraesentātiōnēs
ablativerepraesentātiōnerepraesentātiōnibus
vocativerepraesentātiōrepraesentātiōnēs

rĕpraesentātĭo, ōnis, f. repraesento.
I. A bringing before one; a showing, exhibiting, manifesting; a representation (post-Aug.): plus est evidentia, vel ut alii dicunt, repraesentatio, quam perspicuitas, Quint. 8, 3, 61; cf. Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 12; Gell. 10, 3, 12; Tert. adv. Prax. 24: Paulus felicissimi patris repraesentatio, the image, Val. Max. 5, 10, 2.—
II. (Acc. to repraesento, II.) Mercant. t. t., a cash payment (class.), Cic. Fam. 16, 24, 1; id. Att. 12, 31, 2; 13, 29, 3; Dig. 35, 1, 36.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin repraesentātiō From repraesentō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanrepresentació
  • Frenchreprésentation
  • Italianrappresentazione
  • Occitanrepresentacion
  • Portugueserepresentação
  • Romanianreprezentație
  • Spanishrepresentación
  • Galicianrepresentación
  • Russianрепрезентация
  • Sicilianripprisintazziuni

In English words that came into English from repraesentātiō

  • representationrepraesentātiō

Quick answers

What does repraesentātiō mean in Latin?
repraesentātiō, a noun, means “representation; showing, exhibiting”.
What is the genitive of repraesentātiō?
The genitive singular is repraesentātiōnis. repraesentātiō is feminine, third declension.