conflatio

Latin

Etymology

From cōnflō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈflaː.ti.oː/, [kõːˈfɫ̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈflat.t͡si.o/, [koɱˈflät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

cōnflātiō f (genitive cōnflātiōnis); third declension

1. fanning (stirring up)
2. casting (metal)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōnflātiō	cōnflātiōnēs
Genitive	cōnflātiōnis	cōnflātiōnum
Dative	cōnflātiōnī	cōnflātiōnibus
Accusative	cōnflātiōnem	cōnflātiōnēs
Ablative	cōnflātiōne	cōnflātiōnibus
Vocative	cōnflātiō	cōnflātiōnēs

Descendants

• → English: conflation (learned)

References

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