What does vegetātiō mean in Latin?

vegetātiō, a noun, means “enlivening, quickening, stimulation; vegetation (the process of vegetating); habit of a plant”.

What is the genitive of vegetātiō?

The genitive singular is vegetātiōnis. vegetātiō is feminine, third declension.

In classical Latin, [wɛ.ɡɛˈtaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ve.d͡ʒeˈtat.t͡si.o].

noun · femininethird declension

vegetātiō f (genitive vegetātiōnis)

Classical[wɛ.ɡɛˈtaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ve.d͡ʒeˈtat.t͡si.o]

Late Latinenlivening, quickening, stimulation
[…]ut ipse etiam fatīgātiōnem sedentāriam incessūs vegetātiōne discuterem, in pedēs dēsiliō[…][…] in order to dispel the weariness of sitting by the stimulation of ambulation, I jump to my feet […]c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.2
New Latinvegetation (the process of vegetating)
New Latinhabit of a plant
Vegetatio erecta, cirrhis nullis, foliis plerumque pinnatis.Erect habit, no tendrils, leaves generally pinnate.1853, August Grisebach, Bericht über die Leistungen in der geographischen und systematischen Botanik während des Jahres 1850 (overall work in German), Berlin, →OCLC, page 88:

vĕgĕtātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,

I. an enlivening, quickening, excitement: incessus, App. M. 1, p. 102, 8.

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin vegetātiō From vegetō + -tiō.

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