alteratio

Latin

Etymology

From alterāre, alterō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /al.teˈraː.ti.oː/, [äɫ̪t̪ɛˈräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /al.teˈrat.t͡si.o/, [äl̪t̪eˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

alterātiō f (genitive alterātiōnis); third declension

1. alteration, change

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alterātiō	alterātiōnēs
Genitive	alterātiōnis	alterātiōnum
Dative	alterātiōnī	alterātiōnibus
Accusative	alterātiōnem	alterātiōnēs
Ablative	alterātiōne	alterātiōnibus
Vocative	alterātiō	alterātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: alteració
• English: alteration
• French: altération
• → Galician: alteración
• Italian: alterazione
• → Portuguese: alteração
• Romanian: alterație
• Spanish: alteración

References

• alteratio 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)