lignatio

Latin

Etymology

From lignor (“to collect firewood”) +‎ -tiō, from lignum (“firewood”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [lɪŋˈnaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [liɲˈɲat.t͡si.o]

Noun

lignātiō f (genitive lignātiōnis); third declension

1. The felling, procuring, or collecting of wood or firewood.
2. The place where wood or firewood is cut or made.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lignātiō	lignātiōnēs
genitive	lignātiōnis	lignātiōnum
dative	lignātiōnī	lignātiōnibus
accusative	lignātiōnem	lignātiōnēs
ablative	lignātiōne	lignātiōnibus
vocative	lignātiō	lignātiōnēs

Related terms

• lignārius
• lignātor
• ligneolus
• ligneus
• lignor
• lignum

References

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