dentitio

Latin

Etymology

From dentiō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /denˈtiː.ti.oː/, [d̪ɛn̪ˈt̪iːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /denˈtit.t͡si.o/, [d̪en̪ˈt̪it̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dentītiō f (genitive dentītiōnis); third declension

1. teething, dentition

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dentītiō	dentītiōnēs
genitive	dentītiōnis	dentītiōnum
dative	dentītiōnī	dentītiōnibus
accusative	dentītiōnem	dentītiōnēs
ablative	dentītiōne	dentītiōnibus
vocative	dentītiō	dentītiōnēs

Descendants

• → English: dentition
• → French: dentition (learned)
• → Spanish: dentición (learned)
• → Italian: dentizione (learned)

References

• dentitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• dentitio in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “dentitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press