acceleratio

Latin

Etymology

From accelerō (“hasten, accelerate”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ak.ke.leˈraː.ti.oː/, [äkːɛɫ̪ɛˈräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /at.t͡ʃe.leˈrat.t͡si.o/, [ätː͡ʃeleˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

accelerātiō f (genitive accelerātiōnis); third declension

1. a hastening
2. (physics) acceleration

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	accelerātiō	accelerātiōnēs
genitive	accelerātiōnis	accelerātiōnum
dative	accelerātiōnī	accelerātiōnibus
accusative	accelerātiōnem	accelerātiōnēs
ablative	accelerātiōne	accelerātiōnibus
vocative	accelerātiō	accelerātiōnēs

Related terms

• accelerō

Descendants

• Asturian: aceleración
• Catalan: acceleració
• → English: acceleration
• French: accélération
  • Haitian Creole: akselerasyon
• Galician: aceleración
• Italian: accelerazione
• Occitan: acceleracion
• Portuguese: aceleração
• Romanian: accelerație
• Spanish: aceleración

References

• “acceleratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “acceleratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• acceleratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.