deificatio

Latin

Etymology

From deificō (“make a god, deify”) +‎ -tiō, from deus (“god”) +‎ -ficō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /de.i.fiˈkaː.ti.oː/, [d̪eɪfɪˈkäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.i.fiˈkat.t͡si.o/, [d̪eifiˈkät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

deificātiō f (genitive deificātiōnis); third declension

1. deification, the act of deifying, apotheosis, (theology) theosis

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	deificātiō	deificātiōnēs
Genitive	deificātiōnis	deificātiōnum
Dative	deificātiōnī	deificātiōnibus
Accusative	deificātiōnem	deificātiōnēs
Ablative	deificātiōne	deificātiōnibus
Vocative	deificātiō	deificātiōnēs

Related terms

• deificō
• deificus
• deus
• faciō

 

Descendants

• → English: deification
• → French: déification
• → Italian: deificazione
• → Portuguese: deificação
• → Romanian: zeificație
• → Spanish: deificación

References

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