amputatio

Latin

Etymology

amputō (“to prune”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [am.pʊˈtaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [am.puˈtat.t͡si.o]

Noun

amputātiō f (genitive amputātiōnis); third declension

1. pruning, lopping off

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	amputātiō	amputātiōnēs
genitive	amputātiōnis	amputātiōnum
dative	amputātiōnī	amputātiōnibus
accusative	amputātiōnem	amputātiōnēs
ablative	amputātiōne	amputātiōnibus
vocative	amputātiō	amputātiōnēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: amputació
• → English: amputation
• → French: amputation
  • → Romanian: amputație
  • → Turkish: ampütasyon
• → German: Amputation
• → Italian: amputazione
• → Portuguese: amputação
• → Spanish: amputación

References

• “amputatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “amputatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers