gubernatio

Latin

Etymology

gubernō +‎ -tiō

Noun

gubernātiō f (genitive gubernātiōnis); third declension

  1. (nautical) steering, pilotage
  2. direction, control
  3. management, government

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative gubernātiō gubernātiōnēs
genitive gubernātiōnis gubernātiōnum
dative gubernātiōnī gubernātiōnibus
accusative gubernātiōnem gubernātiōnēs
ablative gubernātiōne gubernātiōnibus
vocative gubernātiō gubernātiōnēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: governació
  • Galician: gobernación
  • → Middle English: gubernacion
  • Portuguese: governação
  • Spanish: gobernación

References

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