populatio

Latin

Etymology 1

From populor (“lay waste”).

Noun

populātiō (genitive populātiōnis); f, third declension

1. the act of laying waste or plundering
2. plunder, booty
3. destruction, devastation, corruption, ruin

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	populātiō	populātiōnēs
genitive	populātiōnis	populātiōnum
dative	populātiōnī	populātiōnibus
accusative	populātiōnem	populātiōnēs
ablative	populātiōne	populātiōnibus
vocative	populātiō	populātiōnēs

Etymology 2

From populus (“people”).

Noun

populātiō (genitive populātiōnis); f, third declension

1. population; a people, multitude

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	populātiō	populātiōnēs
genitive	populātiōnis	populātiōnum
dative	populātiōnī	populātiōnibus
accusative	populātiōnem	populātiōnēs
ablative	populātiōne	populātiōnibus
vocative	populātiō	populātiōnēs

Descendants

Catalan: població English: population French: population Italian: popolazione

Portugues: população, povoação Romanian: populație Russian: популяция Spanish: población

References

• populatio in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879