LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

rēptātiō

rēptātiō f (genitive rēptātiōnis)
Classical[reːpˈtaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[repˈtat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. act of creeping, crawling

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerēptātiōrēptātiōnēs
genitiverēptātiōnisrēptātiōnum
dativerēptātiōnīrēptātiōnibus
accusativerēptātiōnemrēptātiōnēs
ablativerēptātiōnerēptātiōnibus
vocativerēptātiōrēptātiōnēs

reptātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a creeping, crawling: infantium per manus et genua, Quint. 1, 12, 10.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p-der. Proto-Italic *rēpō Latin rēpō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin rēptō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin rēptātiō From rēptō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishreptation
  • Frenchreptation

In English words that came into English from rēptātiō

  • reptationrēptātiō

Quick answers

What does rēptātiō mean in Latin?
rēptātiō, a noun, means “act of creeping, crawling”.
What is the genitive of rēptātiō?
The genitive singular is rēptātiōnis. rēptātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce rēptātiō?
In classical Latin, [reːpˈtaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [repˈtat.t͡si.o].