lavatio

Latin

Etymology

lavō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /laˈu̯aː.ti.oː/, [ɫ̪äˈu̯äːt̪ioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈvat.t͡si.o/, [läˈvät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

lavātiō f (genitive lavātiōnis); third declension

a washing, bathing (action)
bath (apparatus or place)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lavātiō	lavātiōnēs
Genitive	lavātiōnis	lavātiōnum
Dative	lavātiōnī	lavātiōnibus
Accusative	lavātiōnem	lavātiōnēs
Ablative	lavātiōne	lavātiōnibus
Vocative	lavātiō	lavātiōnēs

Descendants

English: lavation
Italian: lavazione
Old French: lavation
Portuguese: lavação
Spanish: lavación

References

“lavatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“lavatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
lavatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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