lunatio

Latin

Etymology

From lūn(ā)- (“bend in a crescent”) +‎ -tiō, from lūna (“moon”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luːˈnaː.ti.oː/, [ɫ̪uːˈnäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈnat.t͡si.o/, [luˈnät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

lūnātiō f (genitive lūnātiōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) lunar month, lunation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lūnātiō	lūnātiōnēs
genitive	lūnātiōnis	lūnātiōnum
dative	lūnātiōnī	lūnātiōnibus
accusative	lūnātiōnem	lūnātiōnēs
ablative	lūnātiōne	lūnātiōnibus
vocative	lūnātiō	lūnātiōnēs

Descendants

• French: lunaison
• Italian: lunazione
• Portuguese: lunação
• → English: lunation

References

• lunatio 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)
• lunatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• lunatio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016