adaptatio
Latin
Etymology
From adaptō (“I fit, adjust, modify; I adapt, fit or adjust to”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.dapˈtaː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.d̪apˈt̪at̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
adaptātiō f (genitive adaptātiōnis); third declension
- (in general senses) fitting, adjustment, modification
- (Medieval Latin) adaptation
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | adaptātiō | adaptātiōnēs |
| genitive | adaptātiōnis | adaptātiōnum |
| dative | adaptātiōnī | adaptātiōnibus |
| accusative | adaptātiōnem | adaptātiōnēs |
| ablative | adaptātiōne | adaptātiōnibus |
| vocative | adaptātiō | adaptātiōnēs |
Descendants
- → French: adaptation
- → Dutch: adaptatie
- → English: adaptation
- → German: Adaptation
References
- “adaptatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- adaptatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.