Latin

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Etymology

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From geminō (double, repeat) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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geminātiō f (genitive geminātiōnis); third declension

  1. a doubling

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative geminātiō geminātiōnēs
Genitive geminātiōnis geminātiōnum
Dative geminātiōnī geminātiōnibus
Accusative geminātiōnem geminātiōnēs
Ablative geminātiōne geminātiōnibus
Vocative geminātiō geminātiōnēs
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Descendants

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  • English: gemination
  • Italian: geminazione
  • Portuguese: geminação
  • Spanish: geminación

References

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