decalvatio
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deː.kaɫˈwaː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪e.kalˈvat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
dēcalvātiō f (genitive dēcalvātiōnis); third declension
- the action of shaving the head, making bald
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēcalvātiō | dēcalvātiōnēs |
| genitive | dēcalvātiōnis | dēcalvātiōnum |
| dative | dēcalvātiōnī | dēcalvātiōnibus |
| accusative | dēcalvātiōnem | dēcalvātiōnēs |
| ablative | dēcalvātiōne | dēcalvātiōnibus |
| vocative | dēcalvātiō | dēcalvātiōnēs |
Descendants
- Italian: decalvazione
- Portuguese: decalvação
- Spanish: decalvación
References
- “decalvatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "decalvatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- decalvatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.