saturatio

Latin

Etymology

From saturō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sa.tuˈraː.ti.oː/, [s̠ät̪ʊˈräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sa.tuˈrat.t͡si.o/, [sät̪uˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

saturātiō f (genitive saturātiōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) act of filling or satisfying

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	saturātiō	saturātiōnēs
genitive	saturātiōnis	saturātiōnum
dative	saturātiōnī	saturātiōnibus
accusative	saturātiōnem	saturātiōnēs
ablative	saturātiōne	saturātiōnibus
vocative	saturātiō	saturātiōnēs

Descendants

• → English: saturation
• → French: saturation (learned)
• → Spanish: saturación (learned)
• → Italian: saturazione (learned)
• → Portuguese: saturação (learned)

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “saturatio”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC