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vernatio

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Latin

Etymology

From vernāre (to be verdant, to flourish) + -tiō (-tion: forming abstract nouns), from vernus (springlike) + -āre (verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥.

Noun

vernātiō f (genitive vernātiōnis); third declension

  1. sloughing, the shedding of old skin by snakes
  2. slough, the skin thus shed by snakes
  3. (New Latin) vernation, leafing, the growth of new leaves in spring

Declension

Third-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

  • English: vernation
  • French: vernation

References

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