natatio

Latin

Etymology

From natō (“swim, float”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /naˈtaː.ti.oː/, [näˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /naˈtat.t͡si.o/, [näˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

natātiō f (genitive natātiōnis); third declension

1. A swim, an instance of swimming.
2. A place for swimming; swimming pool.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	natātiō	natātiōnēs
Genitive	natātiōnis	natātiōnum
Dative	natātiōnī	natātiōnibus
Accusative	natātiōnem	natātiōnēs
Ablative	natātiōne	natātiōnibus
Vocative	natātiō	natātiōnēs

Related terms

• natāns
• natātor
• natō
• nō

Descendants

• → Catalan: natació
• → English: natation
• → French: natation
• → Italian: natazione
• → Portuguese: natação
• → Romanian: natație
• → Spanish: natación

References

• “natatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “natatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• natatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “natatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “natatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin