cameratio

Latin

Etymology

camerō (I vault or arch over, perfect passive participial stem: camerāt-) +‎ -iō (-ing, suffix forming verbal nouns)

Pronunciation

Noun

camerātiō f (genitive camerātiōnis); third declension

  1. (noun of action) an arching or vaulting
  2. (concrete noun) a vault or arch
  3. (by extension) a vaulted building

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative camerātiō camerātiōnēs
genitive camerātiōnis camerātiōnum
dative camerātiōnī camerātiōnibus
accusative camerātiōnem camerātiōnēs
ablative camerātiōne camerātiōnibus
vocative camerātiō camerātiōnēs

Descendants

  • English: cameration

References

  • cămĕrātĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cămĕrātĭo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 250/1.