masticatio

Latin

Etymology

masticō (“I chew”) +‎ -tiō (“-tion”)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mas.tɪˈkaː.ti.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mas.t̪iˈkat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]

Noun

masticātiō f (genitive masticātiōnis); third declension

(Late Latin) chewing, mastication

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	masticātiō	masticātiōnēs
genitive	masticātiōnis	masticātiōnum
dative	masticātiōnī	masticātiōnibus
accusative	masticātiōnem	masticātiōnēs
ablative	masticātiōne	masticātiōnibus
vocative	masticātiō	masticātiōnēs

Descendants

→ Catalan: masticació
→ English: mastication
→ French: mastication
→ Italian: masticazione
→ Spanish: masticación

References

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