percolatio
Latin
Etymology
percōlō (“I strain or filter through”, “I percolate”, perfect passive participial stem: percōlāt-) + -iō (“-tion”, suffix forming nouns of action)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /per.koːˈlaː.ti.oː/, [pɛrkoːˈɫ̪äːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /per.koˈlat.t͡si.o/, [perkoˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
percōlātiō f (genitive percōlātiōnis); third declension
- a straining or filtering through, percolation
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | percōlātiō | percōlātiōnēs |
| Genitive | percōlātiōnis | percōlātiōnum |
| Dative | percōlātiōnī | percōlātiōnibus |
| Accusative | percōlātiōnem | percōlātiōnēs |
| Ablative | percōlātiōne | percōlātiōnibus |
| Vocative | percōlātiō | percōlātiōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: percolació
- English: percolation
- Finnish: perkolaatio
- French: percolation
- German: Perkolation
- Italian: percolazione
- Portuguese: percolação
- Romanian: percolație
- Spanish: percolación
References
- “percolatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- percolatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- percolatio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016