vernatio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From vernāre (“to be verdant, to flourish”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”), from vernus (“springlike”) + -āre (“forming verbs”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥.
Noun edit
vernātiō f (genitive vernātiōnis); third declension
- sloughing, the shedding of old skin by snakes
- slough, the skin thus shed by snakes
- (New Latin) vernation, leafing, the growth of new leaves in spring
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vernātiō | vernātiōnēs |
| Genitive | vernātiōnis | vernātiōnum |
| Dative | vernātiōnī | vernātiōnibus |
| Accusative | vernātiōnem | vernātiōnēs |
| Ablative | vernātiōne | vernātiōnibus |
| Vocative | vernātiō | vernātiōnēs |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “vernatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vernatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.