lignatio

Latin

Etymology

From lignor (“to collect firewood”) +‎ -tiō, from lignum (“firewood”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liɡˈnaː.ti.oː/, [lʲɪŋˈnäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liɲˈɲat.t͡si.o/, [liɲˈɲät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

lignātiō f (genitive lignātiōnis); third declension

1. The felling, procuring, or collecting of wood or firewood.
2. The place where wood or firewood is cut or made.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lignātiō	lignātiōnēs
Genitive	lignātiōnis	lignātiōnum
Dative	lignātiōnī	lignātiōnibus
Accusative	lignātiōnem	lignātiōnēs
Ablative	lignātiōne	lignātiōnibus
Vocative	lignātiō	lignātiōnēs

Related terms

• lignārius
• lignātor
• ligneolus
• ligneus
• lignor
• lignum

References

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