obnubilatio

Latin

Etymology

obnūbilō (stem with thematic vowel: obnūbilā-) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ob.nuː.biˈlaː.ti.oː/, [ɔbnuːbɪˈɫ̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ob.nu.biˈlat.t͡si.o/, [obnubiˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

obnūbilātiō f (genitive obnūbilātiōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) the action of covering (something), as if with a cloud

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Augustine of Hippo to this entry?)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	obnūbilātiō	obnūbilātiōnēs
genitive	obnūbilātiōnis	obnūbilātiōnum
dative	obnūbilātiōnī	obnūbilātiōnibus
accusative	obnūbilātiōnem	obnūbilātiōnēs
ablative	obnūbilātiōne	obnūbilātiōnibus
vocative	obnūbilātiō	obnūbilātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: obnubilation
• ?Estonian: obnubilatsioon
• Italian: obnubilazione
• Middle French: obnubilation
• Portuguese: obnubilação
• Spanish: obnubilación

References

• obnūbĭlātĭo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,056/1.