devirginatio

Latin

Etymology

From dēvirginō (“I deflower”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deː.wɪr.ɡɪˈnaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [de.vir.d͡ʒiˈnat.t͡si.o]

Noun

dēvirginātiō f (genitive dēvirginātiōnis); third declension

1. deflowering
   • Scribonius Largus, Conpositiones, 18

     liberari post complexum et devirginationem.

     to be freed after surrounding and deflowering.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēvirginātiō	dēvirginātiōnēs
genitive	dēvirginātiōnis	dēvirginātiōnum
dative	dēvirginātiōnī	dēvirginātiōnibus
accusative	dēvirginātiōnem	dēvirginātiōnēs
ablative	dēvirginātiōne	dēvirginātiōnibus
vocative	dēvirginātiō	dēvirginātiōnēs

Related terms

• dēvirginō
• dēvirginātor

References

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