negatio

Latin

Etymology

From negō (“deny, refuse”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

negātiō f (genitive negātiōnis); third declension

a denying, denial, refusal, negation
a negative (word)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	negātiō	negātiōnēs
genitive	negātiōnis	negātiōnum
dative	negātiōnī	negātiōnibus
accusative	negātiōnem	negātiōnēs
ablative	negātiōne	negātiōnibus
vocative	negātiō	negātiōnēs

Synonyms

(negation): abnuitiō

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: negació
English: negation
French: négation
Galician: negación
Italian: negazione
Portuguese: negação
Romanian: negație
Spanish: negación

References

“negatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“negatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
negatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.