deificatio

Latin

Etymology

From deificō (“make a god, deify”) +‎ -tiō, from deus (“god”) +‎ -ficō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /de.i.fiˈkaː.ti.oː/, [d̪eɪfɪˈkäːt̪ioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.i.fiˈkat.t͡si.o/, [d̪eifiˈkät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

deificātiō f (genitive deificātiōnis); third declension

deification, the act of deifying, apotheosis, (theology) theosis

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	deificātiō	deificātiōnēs
Genitive	deificātiōnis	deificātiōnum
Dative	deificātiōnī	deificātiōnibus
Accusative	deificātiōnem	deificātiōnēs
Ablative	deificātiōne	deificātiōnibus
Vocative	deificātiō	deificātiōnēs

Related terms

Descendants

→ English: deification
→ French: déification
→ Italian: deificazione
→ Portuguese: deificação
→ Romanian: zeificație
→ Spanish: deificación

References

deificatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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