fornicatio

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Latin

Etymology

From fornicor (I fornicate) +‎ -tiō. Translates πορνεία (porneía).

Noun

fornicātiō f (genitive fornicātiōnis); third declension (Ecclesiastical Latin)

  1. fornication
  2. whoredom, prostitution

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

  • fornicatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fornicatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.