alteratio

Latin

Etymology

From alterāre, alterō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aɫ.tɛˈraː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [al.teˈrat.t͡si.o]

Noun

alterātiō f (genitive alterātiōnis); third declension

1. alteration, change

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	alterātiō	alterātiōnēs
genitive	alterātiōnis	alterātiōnum
dative	alterātiōnī	alterātiōnibus
accusative	alterātiōnem	alterātiōnēs
ablative	alterātiōne	alterātiōnibus
vocative	alterātiō	alterātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: alteració
• English: alteration
• French: altération
• → Galician: alteración
• Italian: alterazione
• → Portuguese: alteração
• Romanian: alterație
• Spanish: alteración

References

• "alteratio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)