rotatio

Latin

Etymology

rotō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /roˈtaː.ti.oː/, [rɔˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /roˈtat.t͡si.o/, [roˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

rotātiō f (genitive rotātiōnis); third declension

1. rotation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rotātiō	rotātiōnēs
Genitive	rotātiōnis	rotātiōnum
Dative	rotātiōnī	rotātiōnibus
Accusative	rotātiōnem	rotātiōnēs
Ablative	rotātiōne	rotātiōnibus
Vocative	rotātiō	rotātiōnēs

Descendants

• Spanish: rodazón
• → Catalan: rotació
• → English: rotation
• → French: rotation
  • → Romanian: rotație
  • → Turkish: rotasyon
• → Italian: rotazione
• → Portuguese: rotação
• → Russian: ротация (rotacija)
• → Spanish: rotación

References

• “rotatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rotatio 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)
• rotatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.