degradatio

Latin

Etymology

From dēgradō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.ɡraˈdaː.ti.oː/, [d̪eːɡräˈd̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.ɡraˈdat.t͡si.o/, [d̪eɡräˈd̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dēgradātiō f (genitive dēgradātiōnis); third declension

1. degradation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēgradātiō	dēgradātiōnēs
Genitive	dēgradātiōnis	dēgradātiōnum
Dative	dēgradātiōnī	dēgradātiōnibus
Accusative	dēgradātiōnem	dēgradātiōnēs
Ablative	dēgradātiōne	dēgradātiōnibus
Vocative	dēgradātiō	dēgradātiōnēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: degradació
• → English: degradation
• → French: dégradation
• → Galician: degradación
• → Italian: degradazione
• → Occitan: degradacion
• → Portuguese: degradação
• → Romanian: degradație, degradațiune
• → Spanish: degradación

References

• degradatio 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)
• degradatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.