desolatio

Latin

Etymology

From dēsōlō (“to leave alone; lay waste”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.soːˈlaː.ti.oː/, [d̪eːs̠oːˈɫ̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.soˈlat.t͡si.o/, [d̪es̬oˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dēsōlātiō f (genitive dēsōlātiōnis); third declension

1. desolation
2. desert
3. solitude

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēsōlātiō	dēsōlātiōnēs
genitive	dēsōlātiōnis	dēsōlātiōnum
dative	dēsōlātiōnī	dēsōlātiōnibus
accusative	dēsōlātiōnem	dēsōlātiōnēs
ablative	dēsōlātiōne	dēsōlātiōnibus
vocative	dēsōlātiō	dēsōlātiōnēs

Descendants

• →? Catalan: desolació f
• Old French: desolacion f
  • Middle French: desolation f
    • French: désolation f
  • → English: desolation
• Italian: desolazione f
• → Portuguese: desolação f
• → Spanish: desolación f

References

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