decalvatio

Latin

Etymology

From dēcalvō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.kalˈu̯aː.ti.oː/, [d̪eːkäɫ̪ˈu̯äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.kalˈvat.t͡si.o/, [d̪ekälˈvät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dēcalvātiō f (genitive dēcalvātiōnis); third declension

1. the action of shaving the head, making bald
   • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Jerome, Epistulae 122.1

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēcalvātiō	dēcalvātiōnēs
Genitive	dēcalvātiōnis	dēcalvātiōnum
Dative	dēcalvātiōnī	dēcalvātiōnibus
Accusative	dēcalvātiōnem	dēcalvātiōnēs
Ablative	dēcalvātiōne	dēcalvātiōnibus
Vocative	dēcalvātiō	dēcalvātiōnēs

Descendants

• Italian: decalvazione
• Portuguese: decalvação
• Spanish: decalvación

References

• “decalvatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• decalvatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• decalvatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.