negatio

Latin

Etymology

From negō (“deny, refuse”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

negātiō f (genitive negātiōnis); third declension

1. a denying, denial, refusal, negation
2. a negative (word)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	negātiō	negātiōnēs
genitive	negātiōnis	negātiōnum
dative	negātiōnī	negātiōnibus
accusative	negātiōnem	negātiōnēs
ablative	negātiōne	negātiōnibus
vocative	negātiō	negātiōnēs

Synonyms

• (negation): abnuitiō

Related terms

• negātīvē
• negātīvus
• negātor
• negō

Descendants

• Catalan: negació
• English: negation
• French: négation
• Galician: negación
• Italian: negazione
• Portuguese: negação
• Romanian: negație
• Spanish: negación

References

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