-tio

Latin

Alternative forms

• -ātiō
• -iō

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European suffix -tyen-, which consists of Proto-Indo-European *-ti- and Proto-Indo-European *-yen-. The suffix *-ti- is also contained in Proto-Indo-European *-tis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈ-ti.oː/

Suffix

-tiō f (genitive -tiōnis); third declension

1. -tion, -ation, -ing; used to form a noun relating to some action.

Usage notes

The suffix -tiō is added to the supine form of a verb to create a third-declension noun naming the verb's action or the result of that action.

Examples:

dictātiō (“a dictating, dictation”), from dictātum, supine of dictō (“I dictate”)

quadripartītiō (“a division into four parts”), from quadripartītum, supine of quadripartiō (“I divide in four parts”)

The suffix is occasionally added to other parts of speech, or appears in situations where no related verb apparently exists.

gradātiō (“making of a staircase or steps”), from gradus (“step, pace”).

mentiō (“a mention”), from mēns (“mind, disposition”)

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	-tiō	-tiōnēs
genitive	-tiōnis	-tiōnum
dative	-tiōnī	-tiōnibus
accusative	-tiōnem	-tiōnēs
ablative	-tiōne	-tiōnibus
vocative	-tiō	-tiōnēs

Synonyms

• -tūra, -tus

Derived terms

[+] Latin words suffixed with -tio

Descendants

Asturian: -ción Catalan: -ció, -çó, -ó Crimean Tatar: -tsiya Czech: -ce Dutch: -tie English: -tion Finnish: -tio French: -tion, -son Galician: -ción Georgian: -ცია German: -tion Hungarian: -ció Indonesian: -si Italian: -zione, -gione, -zzone Ladino: -sión Lithuanian: -cija

Malay: -si, -syen, -sen Maltese: -zjoni Norwegian: -sjon Occitan: -cion, -son Old Portuguese: -çon Polish: -cja Portuguese: -ção, -zão Romanian: -ție, -țiune, -ciune Romansch: -ziun, -schun Russian: -ция (-cija) Serbo-Croatian: -ција, -cija Sicilian: -zioni Slovene: -cija Spanish: -ción, -zón, -són Swedish: -tion

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