petrificatio

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Latin

Etymology

From petrificō (“to petrify”) +‎ -tiō (“-ation”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pe.tri.fiˈkaː.ti.oː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.tri.fiˈkat.t͡si.o/,

Noun

petrificātiō f (genitive petrificātiōnis); third declension

(Renaissance Latin, New Latin) petrification

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	petrificātiō	petrificātiōnēs
genitive	petrificātiōnis	petrificātiōnum
dative	petrificātiōnī	petrificātiōnibus
accusative	petrificātiōnem	petrificātiōnēs
ablative	petrificātiōne	petrificātiōnibus
vocative	petrificātiō	petrificātiōnēs

Related terms

petrificō

Descendants

All borrowings.

→ French: pétrification
→ Italian: petrificazione
→ Portuguese: petrificação
→ Spanish: petrificación

References

R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “petrificatio”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

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