alternatio
Latin
Etymology
From alternō + -tiō.
Noun
alternātiō f (genitive alternātiōnis); third declension
- interchange, alternation
- alternative
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | alternātiō | alternātiōnēs |
| Genitive | alternātiōnis | alternātiōnum |
| Dative | alternātiōnī | alternātiōnibus |
| Accusative | alternātiōnem | alternātiōnēs |
| Ablative | alternātiōne | alternātiōnibus |
| Vocative | alternātiō | alternātiōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: alternació
- English: alternation
- Italian: alternazione
- Portuguese: alternação
- Spanish: alternación
References
- “alternatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alternatio 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)
- alternatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette