LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

rūminātiō

rūminātiō f (genitive rūminātiōnis)
Classical[ruː.mɪˈnaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ru.miˈnat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. chewing the cud
  2. figurativelyrumination, thinking over

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerūminātiōrūminātiōnēs
genitiverūminātiōnisrūminātiōnum
dativerūminātiōnīrūminātiōnibus
accusativerūminātiōnemrūminātiōnēs
ablativerūminātiōnerūminātiōnibus
vocativerūminātiōrūminātiōnēs

rūmĭnātĭo, ōnis,f. ruminor,
I. a chewing over again, chewing the cud, rumination.
I. Lit.: animalium, Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 201; Serv. Verg. E. 6, 54.—
B. Transf., a doubling; a repetition, return: corticis, Plin. 15, 23, 25, § 94: hiemis, id. 17, 22, 35, § 191.—*
II. Trop., a thinking over, revolving in the mind, ruminating, rumination: cotidiana, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin rūminātiō From rūminor + -tiō.

Quick answers

What does rūminātiō mean in Latin?
rūminātiō, a noun, means “chewing the cud; rumination, thinking over”.
What is the genitive of rūminātiō?
The genitive singular is rūminātiōnis. rūminātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce rūminātiō?
In classical Latin, [ruː.mɪˈnaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ru.miˈnat.t͡si.o].