alienatio

Latin

Etymology

From aliēnō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.li.eˈna.ti.o/, [älʲiɛˈnät̪iɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.li.eˈnat.t͡si.o/, [älieˈnät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

aliēnātiō f (genitive aliēnātiōnis); third declension

1. transfer of property
2. separation, desertion
3. aversion, dislike, alienation, estrangement

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aliēnātiō	aliēnātiōnēs
Genitive	aliēnātiōnis	aliēnātiōnum
Dative	aliēnātiōnī	aliēnātiōnibus
Accusative	aliēnātiōnem	aliēnātiōnēs
Ablative	aliēnātiōne	aliēnātiōnibus
Vocative	aliēnātiō	aliēnātiōnēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: alienació
• → Italian: alienazione
• → Old French: alienacion
  • French: aliénation
    • → Polish: alienacja
    • → Romanian: alienație
  • → Middle English: alienacioun, alienacion, alyenacioun, alionacion, alienation
    • English: alienation
• → Portuguese: alienação
• → Spanish: alienación

References

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