scintillatio

Latin

Etymology

scintillō +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /skin.tilˈlaː.ti.oː/, [s̠kɪn̪t̪ɪlˈlʲäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ʃin.tilˈlat.t͡si.o/, [ʃin̪t̪ilˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

scintillātiō f (genitive scintillātiōnis); third declension

1. sparkling

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scintillātiō	scintillātiōnēs
Genitive	scintillātiōnis	scintillātiōnum
Dative	scintillātiōnī	scintillātiōnibus
Accusative	scintillātiōnem	scintillātiōnēs
Ablative	scintillātiōne	scintillātiōnibus
Vocative	scintillātiō	scintillātiōnēs

Descendants

• Russian: сцинтилляция (scintilljacija)

References

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