formatio
Latin
Etymology
From fōrmō (“shape, form, fashion”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /foːrˈmaː.ti.oː/, [foːrˈmäːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /forˈmat.t͡si.o/, [forˈmät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
fōrmātiō f (genitive fōrmātiōnis); third declension
- The act of shaping, forming or fashioning.
- Synonyms: fōrmātūra, fōrmitās
- A form, design, plan.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fōrmātiō | fōrmātiōnēs |
| Genitive | fōrmātiōnis | fōrmātiōnum |
| Dative | fōrmātiōnī | fōrmātiōnibus |
| Accusative | fōrmātiōnem | fōrmātiōnēs |
| Ablative | fōrmātiōne | fōrmātiōnibus |
| Vocative | fōrmātiō | fōrmātiōnēs |
Related terms
- fōrma
- fōrmābilis
- fōrmābilitās
- fōrmāceus
- fōrmālis
- fōrmāmentum
- fōrmaster
- fōrmātīvus
- fōrmātor
- fōrmātrīx
- fōrmātūra
- fōrmella
- fōrmitās
- fōrmō
- fōrmōsē
- fōrmōsitās
- fōrmōsulus
- fōrmōsus
- fōrmula
- fōrmulārius
Descendants
- Catalan: formació
- English: formation
- French: formation
- Italian: formazione
- Piedmontese: formassion
- Portuguese: formação
- Romanian: formație
- Russian: форма́ция (formácija)
- Spanish: formación
References
- “formatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- formatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- formatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette