irrigatio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

irrigō +‎ -tiō

Noun

irrigātiō f (genitive irrigātiōnis); third declension

  1. watering, irrigation
    • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 15.53:
      Quid ego irrigātiōnēs, quid fossiōnēs agrī repastinātiōnēsque prōferam, quibus fit multō terra fēcundior?
      [On growing grapes:] Why should I even mention the irrigation systems, the tilling of the soil, and the deep trenching, all of which make the land so much more fertile?

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative irrigātiō irrigātiōnēs
genitive irrigātiōnis irrigātiōnum
dative irrigātiōnī irrigātiōnibus
accusative irrigātiōnem irrigātiōnēs
ablative irrigātiōne irrigātiōnibus
vocative irrigātiō irrigātiōnēs

Descendants

References

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