masticatio
Latin
editEtymology
editmasticō (“I chew”) + -tiō (“-tion”)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /mas.tiˈkaː.ti.oː/, [mäs̠t̪ɪˈkäːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mas.tiˈkat.t͡si.o/, [mäst̪iˈkät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
editmasticātiō f (genitive masticātiōnis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | masticātiō | masticātiōnēs |
Genitive | masticātiōnis | masticātiōnum |
Dative | masticātiōnī | masticātiōnibus |
Accusative | masticātiōnem | masticātiōnēs |
Ablative | masticātiōne | masticātiōnibus |
Vocative | masticātiō | masticātiōnēs |
Descendants
edit- → Catalan: masticació
- → English: mastication
- → French: mastication
- → Italian: masticazione
- → Spanish: masticación
References
edit- “masticatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- masticatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.