LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

salūtātiō

salūtātiō f (genitive salūtātiōnis)
Classical[sa.ɫuːˈtaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[sa.luˈtat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. a greeting, salutation
  2. a ceremonial visit by a client to his patron

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesalūtātiōsalūtātiōnēs
genitivesalūtātiōnissalūtātiōnum
dativesalūtātiōnīsalūtātiōnibus
accusativesalūtātiōnemsalūtātiōnēs
ablativesalūtātiōnesalūtātiōnibus
vocativesalūtātiōsalūtātiōnēs

sălūtātĭo, ōnis, f. saluto,
I. a greeting. saluting, salutation (rare but good prose).
I. In gen.: quis te aditu, quis ullo honore, quis denique communi salutatione dignum putet? Cic. Pis. 40, 96: salutationem facere, Liv. 1, 1 fin.: salutationem reddere, Tac. A. 4, 61: salutatione acceptā ac redditā, Macr. S. 1, 6: mutuā salutatione factā, Curt. 10, 8, 23.—Of performing devotions: uti praetereuntes possint respicere (aedificia deorum) et in conspectu salutationes facere, Vitr. 4, 5.—Rarely of a written greeting (in a lusus verbb. with salus), Cic. Brut. 3, 13; Vulg. 1 Cor. 16, 21; id. Col. 9, 18.—
II. In partic., of ceremonial visits, a visit, a waiting upon: mane salutamus domi et bonos viros multos, etc. ... Ubi salutatio defluxit, litteris me involvo, Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 3; 7, 28, 2; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14, 6 al.—After the time of the emperors, of paying respects, paying court to the emperor, Suet. Aug. 27; id. Claud. 37; id. Vit. 14; id. Vesp. 4 al.; in plur., id. Aug. 53; Gell. 4, 1, 1.

Origins

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 salūtō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin salūtātiō From salūtō (“greet, wish health to”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishsalutation
  • Frenchsalutation
  • Italiansalutazione
  • Portuguesesaudação
  • Romaniansalutație
  • Spanishsalutación
  • Spanishsaludación

In English words that came into English from salūtātiō

  • salutationsalūtātiō

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesSalutatioSalutatio the name given to one of the forms of attention (officia) expected from clients by their patrons at Rome. The client would wait even before …

Quick answers

What does salūtātiō mean in Latin?
salūtātiō, a noun, means “a greeting, salutation; a ceremonial visit by a client to his patron”.
What is the genitive of salūtātiō?
The genitive singular is salūtātiōnis. salūtātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce salūtātiō?
In classical Latin, [sa.ɫuːˈtaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [sa.luˈtat.t͡si.o].