adaptatio

Latin

Etymology

From adaptō (“I fit, adjust, modify; I adapt, fit or adjust to”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.dapˈtaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.dapˈtat.t͡si.o]

Noun

adaptātiō f (genitive adaptātiōnis); third declension

1. (in general senses) fitting, adjustment, modification
2. (Medieval Latin) adaptation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	adaptātiō	adaptātiōnēs
genitive	adaptātiōnis	adaptātiōnum
dative	adaptātiōnī	adaptātiōnibus
accusative	adaptātiōnem	adaptātiōnēs
ablative	adaptātiōne	adaptātiōnibus
vocative	adaptātiō	adaptātiōnēs

Descendants

• → French: adaptation
  • → Dutch: adaptatie
    • → Indonesian: adaptasi
      • → Malay: adaptasi
  • → English: adaptation
• → German: Adaptation

References

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