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Latin
Etymology
From vegetō + -tiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
vegetātiō f (genitive vegetātiōnis); third declension
- (Late Latin, only once attested) enlivening, quickening, stimulation
c. 125 CE – 180 CE,
Apuleius,
Metamorphoses 1.2:
- ut ipse etiam fatīgātiōnem sedentāriam incessūs vegetātiōne discuterem, in pedēs dēsiliō
- in order to dispel the weariness of sitting by the stimulation of ambulation, I jump to my feet
- (New Latin, botany) vegetation (the process of vegetating)
- (New Latin, botany) habit of a plant
1853, August Grisebach, Bericht über die Leistungen in der geographischen und systematischen Botanik während des Jahres 1850 (overall work in German), Berlin, →OCLC, page 88:Vegetatio erecta, cirrhis nullis, foliis plerumque pinnatis.- Erect habit, no tendrils, leaves generally pinnate.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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