transformatio

Latin

Etymology

trāns- +‎ fōrmātiō, a calque of Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /trans.foːrˈmaː.ti.oː/, [t̪rä̃ːfːoːrˈmäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /trans.forˈmat.t͡si.o/, [t̪ränsforˈmät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

trānsfōrmātiō f (genitive trānsfōrmātiōnis); third declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin, Medieval Latin) transformation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	trānsfōrmātiō	trānsfōrmātiōnēs
Genitive	trānsfōrmātiōnis	trānsfōrmātiōnum
Dative	trānsfōrmātiōnī	trānsfōrmātiōnibus
Accusative	trānsfōrmātiōnem	trānsfōrmātiōnēs
Ablative	trānsfōrmātiōne	trānsfōrmātiōnibus
Vocative	trānsfōrmātiō	trānsfōrmātiōnēs

Descendants

• Asturian: tresformación
• Catalan: transformació
• English: transformation
• French: transformation
• Galician: transformación
• Italian: trasformazione
• Occitan: transformacion
• Polish: transformacja
• Portuguese: transformação
• Romanian: transformație
• Russian: трансформация (transformacija)
• Spanish: transformación

References

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