deflagratio

Latin

Etymology

From dēflāgrō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.flaːˈɡraː.ti.oː/, [d̪eːfɫ̪äːˈɡräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.flaˈɡrat.t͡si.o/, [d̪efläˈɡrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dēflāgrātiō f (genitive dēflāgrātiōnis); third declension

1. conflagration, deflagration
2. destruction (especially by burning)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēflāgrātiō	dēflāgrātiōnēs
Genitive	dēflāgrātiōnis	dēflāgrātiōnum
Dative	dēflāgrātiōnī	dēflāgrātiōnibus
Accusative	dēflāgrātiōnem	dēflāgrātiōnēs
Ablative	dēflāgrātiōne	dēflāgrātiōnibus
Vocative	dēflāgrātiō	dēflāgrātiōnēs

Related terms

• dēflāgrō

Descendants

• French: déflagration
• Italian: deflagrazione
• Portuguese: deflagração
• Russian: дефлагра́ция (deflagrácija)
• Spanish: deflagración

References

• “deflagratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “deflagratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• deflagratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.