informatio

Latin

Etymology

From īnfōrmō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.foːrˈmaː.ti.oː/, [ĩːfoːrˈmäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.forˈmat.t͡si.o/, [iɱforˈmät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

īnfōrmātiō f (genitive īnfōrmātiōnis); third declension

1. sketch, idea, conception

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	īnfōrmātiō	īnfōrmātiōnēs
Genitive	īnfōrmātiōnis	īnfōrmātiōnum
Dative	īnfōrmātiōnī	īnfōrmātiōnibus
Accusative	īnfōrmātiōnem	īnfōrmātiōnēs
Ablative	īnfōrmātiōne	īnfōrmātiōnibus
Vocative	īnfōrmātiō	īnfōrmātiōnēs

Related terms

• īnfōrmō

Descendants

• Catalan: informació
• English: information
• French: information
  • Haitian Creole: enfòmasyon
• Galician: información
• German: Information
• Italian: informazione
• Portuguese: informação
• Romanian: informație
• Russian: информация (informacija)
• Sicilian: nfurmazziuni
• Spanish: información
• Swedish: information

References

• “informatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “informatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• informatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• informatio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016