devirginatio

Latin

Etymology

From dēvirginō (“I deflower”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.u̯ir.ɡiˈnaː.ti.oː/, [d̪eːu̯ɪrɡɪˈnäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.vir.d͡ʒiˈnat.t͡si.o/, [d̪evird͡ʒiˈnät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dēvirginātiō f (genitive dēvirginātiōnis); third declension

1. deflowering
   • Scribonius Largus, Conpositiones, 18

     liberari post complexum et devirginationem.

     to be freed after surrounding and deflowering.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēvirginātiō	dēvirginātiōnēs
genitive	dēvirginātiōnis	dēvirginātiōnum
dative	dēvirginātiōnī	dēvirginātiōnibus
accusative	dēvirginātiōnem	dēvirginātiōnēs
ablative	dēvirginātiōne	dēvirginātiōnibus
vocative	dēvirginātiō	dēvirginātiōnēs

Related terms

• dēvirginō
• dēvirginātor

References

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