-atio

Latin

Etymology

    By rebracketing of words formed from first conjugation verbs, such as accūsātiō (accūsāre + -tiō), where -ā- is part of the stem.

    Pronunciation

    Suffix

    -ātiō f

    1. Form of -tiō appended to nouns
      gradus + ‎-ātiō → ‎gradātiō

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative -ātiō -ātiōnēs
    genitive -ātiōnis -ātiōnum
    dative -ātiōnī -ātiōnibus
    accusative -ātiōnem -ātiōnēs
    ablative -ātiōne -ātiōnibus
    vocative -ātiō -ātiōnēs

    Derived terms