masticatio

Latin

Etymology

masticō (“I chew”) +‎ -tiō (“-tion”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mas.tɪˈkaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mas.tiˈkat.t͡si.o]

Noun

masticātiō f (genitive masticātiōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) chewing, mastication

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	masticātiō	masticātiōnēs
genitive	masticātiōnis	masticātiōnum
dative	masticātiōnī	masticātiōnibus
accusative	masticātiōnem	masticātiōnēs
ablative	masticātiōne	masticātiōnibus
vocative	masticātiō	masticātiōnēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: masticació
• → English: mastication
• → French: mastication
• → Italian: masticazione
• → Spanish: masticación

References

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