basiatio

Latin

Etymology

From bāsiō (“give a kiss”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [baː.siˈaː.ti.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ba.s̬iˈat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]

Noun

bāsiātiō f (genitive bāsiātiōnis); third declension

(poetic) a kissing; kiss.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	bāsiātiō	bāsiātiōnēs
genitive	bāsiātiōnis	bāsiātiōnum
dative	bāsiātiōnī	bāsiātiōnibus
accusative	bāsiātiōnem	bāsiātiōnēs
ablative	bāsiātiōne	bāsiātiōnibus
vocative	bāsiātiō	bāsiātiōnēs

Synonyms

(kiss): bāsium, ōsculum, philēma, suavium
(kissing): ōsculātiō, suāviātiō

Related terms

References

“basiatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“basiatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
basiatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.