negatio

Latin

Etymology

From negō (“deny, refuse”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /neˈɡaː.ti.oː/, [nɛˈɡäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /neˈɡat.t͡si.o/, [neˈɡät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

negātiō f (genitive negātiōnis); third declension

1. a denying, denial, refusal, negation
2. a negative (word)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	negātiō	negātiōnēs
Genitive	negātiōnis	negātiōnum
Dative	negātiōnī	negātiōnibus
Accusative	negātiōnem	negātiōnēs
Ablative	negātiōne	negātiōnibus
Vocative	negātiō	negātiōnēs

Synonyms

• (negation): abnuitiō

Related terms

• negātīvē
• negātīvus
• negātor
• negō

Descendants

• Catalan: negació
• English: negation
• French: négation
• Galician: negación
• Italian: negazione
• Portuguese: negação
• Romanian: negație
• Spanish: negación

References

• “negatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “negatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• negatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.