LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

vellicātiō

vellicātiō f (genitive vellicātiōnis)
Classical[wɛl.lɪˈkaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[vel.liˈkat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. a plucking
  2. a twitching
  3. a taunting, twitting

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevellicātiōvellicātiōnēs
genitivevellicātiōnisvellicātiōnum
dativevellicātiōnīvellicātiōnibus
accusativevellicātiōnemvellicātiōnēs
ablativevellicātiōnevellicātiōnibus
vocativevellicātiōvellicātiōnēs

vellĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a plucking, twitching; trop., a twitting, taunting (postAug.): cum non tantum lacerationes, sed etiam vellicationes effugerit, Sen. Vit. Beat. 5, 3; id. Ira, 3, 43, 5.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin vellicātiō From vellicō + -tiō.

Quick answers

What does vellicātiō mean in Latin?
vellicātiō, a noun, means “a plucking; a twitching; a taunting, twitting”.
What is the genitive of vellicātiō?
The genitive singular is vellicātiōnis. vellicātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce vellicātiō?
In classical Latin, [wɛl.lɪˈkaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [vel.liˈkat.t͡si.o].