LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

sublīmātiō

sublīmātiō f (genitive sublīmātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. sublimation
  2. Medieval Latinexaltation
    Quam mirabile est Deum hominem fieri, tam grande est hominem in Deum assumi. Indicibilis est illa Dei exinanitio; ineffabilis est hominis sublimatio.It is as wonderful for God to be made man as it is great for man to be assumed into God. That emptying of God is inexpressible; the exaltation of man is ineffable.12th century, Peter Cellensis, “In Annuntiatione Dominica IV.”, in Sermones, sermon 25:
  3. Medieval Latinaccession to a throne
    qualiter in sublimationis nostrae principiis operata sit gratia Deitatishow the grace of the Divine nature was at work in the beginning of our accession1273, Rudolf I of Germany, Codex Epistolaris Rudolfi I. Rom. Regis, Epistolas CCXXX. Anecdotas Continens, published 1806, letter 4, page 5:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesublīmātiōsublīmātiōnēs
genitivesublīmātiōnissublīmātiōnum
dativesublīmātiōnīsublīmātiōnibus
accusativesublīmātiōnemsublīmātiōnēs
ablativesublīmātiōnesublīmātiōnibus
vocativesublīmātiōsublīmātiōnēs

sublīmātĭo, ōnis, f. sublimo,
I. a lifting up, deliverance, Alcim. Ep. 2.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsublīmātiō

Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin līmen Latin sublīmus 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 sublīmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin sublīmātiō From sublīmō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishsublimation
  • Frenchsublimation
  • Italiansublimazione
  • Portuguesesublimação
  • Romaniansublimație
  • Spanishsublimación

Quick answers

What does sublīmātiō mean in Latin?
sublīmātiō, a noun, means “sublimation; exaltation; accession to a throne”.
What is the genitive of sublīmātiō?
The genitive singular is sublīmātiōnis. sublīmātiō is feminine, third declension.
Where does sublīmātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin sublīmātiō.