alternatio

Latin

Etymology

From alternō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

alternātiō f (genitive alternātiōnis); third declension

1. interchange, alternation
2. alternative

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alternātiō	alternātiōnēs
Genitive	alternātiōnis	alternātiōnum
Dative	alternātiōnī	alternātiōnibus
Accusative	alternātiōnem	alternātiōnēs
Ablative	alternātiōne	alternātiōnibus
Vocative	alternātiō	alternātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: alternació
• English: alternation
• Italian: alternazione
• → Portuguese: alternação
• Spanish: alternación

References

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