cibatio

Latin

Etymology

From cibō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɪˈbaː.ti.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃiˈbat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]

Noun

cibātiō f (genitive cibātiōnis); third declension

a feeding; a meal, repast
- 3rd century AD, Gaius Julius Solinus, De Mirabilibus Mundi 27.13
- 5th century AD, Caelius Aurelianus, Tardarum Passionum 1.1.12; 1.4.3

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cibātiō	cibātiōnēs
genitive	cibātiōnis	cibātiōnum
dative	cibātiōnī	cibātiōnibus
accusative	cibātiōnem	cibātiōnēs
ablative	cibātiōne	cibātiōnibus
vocative	cibātiō	cibātiōnēs

Descendants

English: cibation
Italian: cibazione
Portuguese: cibação
Spanish: cebación

References

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