deificatio

Latin

Etymology

From deificō (“make a god, deify”) +‎ -tiō, from deus (“god”) +‎ -ficō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [de.ɪ.fɪˈkaː.ti.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d̪e.i.fiˈkat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]

Noun

deificātiō f (genitive deificātiōnis); third declension

deification, the act of deifying, apotheosis, (theology) theosis

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	deificātiō	deificātiōnēs
genitive	deificātiōnis	deificātiōnum
dative	deificātiōnī	deificātiōnibus
accusative	deificātiōnem	deificātiōnēs
ablative	deificātiōne	deificātiōnibus
vocative	deificātiō	deificātiōnēs

Related terms

Descendants

→ English: deification
→ French: déification
→ Italian: deificazione
→ Portuguese: deificação
→ Romanian: zeificație
→ Spanish: deificación

References

deificatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.