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Latin
Etymology
generō + -tiō
Pronunciation
Noun
generātiō f (genitive generātiōnis); third declension
- a generation
412 CE – 426 CE,
Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis,
City of God 15.8:
- Sed pertinuit ad Deum, quo ista inspirante conscripta sunt, has duas societates suis diuersis generationibus primitus digerere atque distinguere
- But it suited the purpose of God, by whose inspiration these histories were composed, to arrange and distinguish from the first these two societies in their several generations
- a begetting
- offspring
c. 347 CE – 420 CE,
Jerome,
1 John 5.18:
- Scimus quia omnis qui natus est ex Deo, non peccat : sed generatio Dei conservat eum, et malignus non tangit eum.
- We know because each whose birth is from God, doesn't sin, but the offspring of God uphold him, and the wicked one doesn't touch him.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
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