LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

saltātiō

saltātiō f (genitive saltātiōnis)
Classical[saɫˈtaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[salˈtat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. The act of dancing.
  2. A dance, saltation.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesaltātiōsaltātiōnēs
genitivesaltātiōnissaltātiōnum
dativesaltātiōnīsaltātiōnibus
accusativesaltātiōnemsaltātiōnēs
ablativesaltātiōnesaltātiōnibus
vocativesaltātiōsaltātiōnēs

saltātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a dancing; concr., a dance, Quint. 1, 11, 18 sq.; 2, 18, 1; Scipio Afric. ap. Macr. S. 2, 10: multarum deliciarum comes est extrema saltatio, Cic. Mur. 6, 13; id. Brut. 62, 225; id. Fin. 3, 7, 24; Quint. 11, 3, 128; Suet. Tit. 7 al.—Plur., Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 11.

Origins

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 saltō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin saltātiō From saltō (“dance”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalansaltació
  • Englishsaltation
  • Frenchsaltation
  • Italiansaltazione
  • Romaniansaltație
  • Spanishsaltación

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesSaltatioSaltatio (ὄρχησις), dancing. The dancing of the Greeks as well as of the Romans had very little in common with the exercise which goes by that name in…

Quick answers

What does saltātiō mean in Latin?
saltātiō, a noun, means “The act of dancing.; A dance, saltation.”.
What is the genitive of saltātiō?
The genitive singular is saltātiōnis. saltātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce saltātiō?
In classical Latin, [saɫˈtaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [salˈtat.t͡si.o].