vibratio

Latin

Etymology

From vibrō (“brandish, shake, agitate”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯iˈbraː.ti.oː/, [u̯ɪˈbräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈbrat.t͡si.o/, [viˈbrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

vibrātiō f (genitive vibrātiōnis); third declension

1. A brandishing, vibration, agitation.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vibrātiō	vibrātiōnēs
Genitive	vibrātiōnis	vibrātiōnum
Dative	vibrātiōnī	vibrātiōnibus
Accusative	vibrātiōnem	vibrātiōnēs
Ablative	vibrātiōne	vibrātiōnibus
Vocative	vibrātiō	vibrātiōnēs

Synonyms

• (agitation): aestus, agitātiō, commōtiō, commōtus

Derived terms

• vibrātiuncula

Related terms

• vibrābilis
• vibrābundus
• vibrāmen
• vibrātus
• vibrissō
• vibrō

Descendants

• Catalan: vibració
• English: vibration
• French: vibration
• Galician: vibración
• → German: Vibration
• Italian: vibrazione
• Occitan: vibracion
• Portuguese: vibração
• Romanian: vibrație
• Russian: вибрация (vibracija)
• Spanish: vibración

References

• “vibratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vibratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.