nutatio

Latin

Etymology

From nūtō (“nod”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nuːˈtaː.ti.oː/, [nuːˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nuˈtat.t͡si.o/, [nuˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

nūtātiō f (genitive nūtātiōnis); third declension

1. a nodding
2. a swaying
3. a tottering, shaking

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nūtātiō	nūtātiōnēs
Genitive	nūtātiōnis	nūtātiōnum
Dative	nūtātiōnī	nūtātiōnibus
Accusative	nūtātiōnem	nūtātiōnēs
Ablative	nūtātiōne	nūtātiōnibus
Vocative	nūtātiō	nūtātiōnēs

Related terms

• nūtābilis
• nūtābundus
• nūtāmen
• nūtō

Descendants

• English: nutation
• Russian: нутация (nutacija)
• Spanish: nutación

References

• “nutatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nutatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.