oppilatio

Latin

Alternative forms

• obpīlātiō

Etymology

From oppīlō (“I block”) +‎ -tiō (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /op.piːˈlaː.ti.oː/, [ɔpːiːˈɫ̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /op.piˈlat.t͡si.o/, [opːiˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

oppīlātiō f (genitive oppīlātiōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) obstruction, occlusion (of the nostril)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	oppīlātiō	oppīlātiōnēs
genitive	oppīlātiōnis	oppīlātiōnum
dative	oppīlātiōnī	oppīlātiōnibus
accusative	oppīlātiōnem	oppīlātiōnēs
ablative	oppīlātiōne	oppīlātiōnibus
vocative	oppīlātiō	oppīlātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: oppilation
• Italian: oppilazione

References

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