petrificatio

Latin

Etymology

From petrificō (“to petrify”) +‎ -tiō (“-ation”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pe.tri.fiˈkaː.ti.oː/, [pɛt̪rɪfɪˈkäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.tri.fiˈkat.t͡si.o/, [pet̪rifiˈkät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

petrificātiō f (genitive petrificātiōnis); third declension

1. (Renaissance Latin, New Latin) petrification

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	petrificātiō	petrificātiōnēs
Genitive	petrificātiōnis	petrificātiōnum
Dative	petrificātiōnī	petrificātiōnibus
Accusative	petrificātiōnem	petrificātiōnēs
Ablative	petrificātiōne	petrificātiōnibus
Vocative	petrificātiō	petrificātiōnēs

Related terms

• petrificō

Descendants

All borrowings.

• → French: pétrification
• → Italian: petrificazione
• → Portuguese: petrificação
• → Spanish: petrificación

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “petrificatio”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC