populatio
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From populor (“lay waste”) + -tiō.
Noun edit
populātiō f (genitive populātiōnis); third declension
- the act of laying waste or plundering
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.15:
- Caesar suos a proelio continebat, ac satis habebat in praesentia hostem rapinis, pabulationibus populationibusque prohibere.
- Caesar restrained his men from battle, deeming it sufficient for the present to prevent the enemy from rapine, forage, and depredation.
- Caesar suos a proelio continebat, ac satis habebat in praesentia hostem rapinis, pabulationibus populationibusque prohibere.
- plunder, booty
- destruction, devastation, corruption, ruin
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | populātiō | populātiōnēs |
| Genitive | populātiōnis | populātiōnum |
| Dative | populātiōnī | populātiōnibus |
| Accusative | populātiōnem | populātiōnēs |
| Ablative | populātiōne | populātiōnibus |
| Vocative | populātiō | populātiōnēs |
Etymology 2 edit
From populus (“people”).
Noun edit
populātiō f (genitive populātiōnis); third declension
- (Late Latin) population; a people, multitude
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | populātiō | populātiōnēs |
| Genitive | populātiōnis | populātiōnum |
| Dative | populātiōnī | populātiōnibus |
| Accusative | populātiōnem | populātiōnēs |
| Ablative | populātiōne | populātiōnibus |
| Vocative | populātiō | populātiōnēs |
Descendants edit
- Asturian: población
- Catalan: població
- English: population
- French: population
- Galician: poboación
- Italian: popolazione
- Portugues: população, povoação
- Romanian: populație
- Russian: популяция (populjacija)
- Spanish: población
References edit
- “populatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “populatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- populatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- populatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- populatio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016