deificatio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From deificō (“make a god, deify”) + -tiō, from deus (“god”) + -ficō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /de.i.fiˈkaː.ti.oː/, [d̪eɪfɪˈkäːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.i.fiˈkat.t͡si.o/, [d̪eifiˈkät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun edit
deificātiō f (genitive deificātiōnis); third declension
- deification, the act of deifying, apotheosis, (theology) theosis
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | deificātiō | deificātiōnēs |
| Genitive | deificātiōnis | deificātiōnum |
| Dative | deificātiōnī | deificātiōnibus |
| Accusative | deificātiōnem | deificātiōnēs |
| Ablative | deificātiōne | deificātiōnibus |
| Vocative | deificātiō | deificātiōnēs |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: deification
- → French: déification
- → Italian: deificazione
- → Portuguese: deificação
- → Romanian: zeificație
- → Spanish: deificación
References edit
- deificatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.