vernatio
Latin
Etymology
From vernāre (“to be verdant, to flourish”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”), from vernus (“springlike”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥.
Noun
vernātiō f (genitive vernātiōnis); third declension
- sloughing, the shedding of old skin by snakes
- slough, the skin thus shed by snakes
- (New Latin) vernation, leafing, the growth of new leaves in spring
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vernātiō | vernātiōnēs |
| genitive | vernātiōnis | vernātiōnum |
| dative | vernātiōnī | vernātiōnibus |
| accusative | vernātiōnem | vernātiōnēs |
| ablative | vernātiōne | vernātiōnibus |
| vocative | vernātiō | vernātiōnēs |
Descendants
References
- “vernatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vernatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.