defaecatio

Latin

Etymology

From dēfaecāre +‎ -tiō.

Noun

dēfaecātiō f (genitive dēfaecātiōnis); third declension

(Late Latin) cleansing, purifying
(Late Latin) defecation

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēfaecātiō	dēfaecātiōnēs
Genitive	dēfaecātiōnis	dēfaecātiōnum
Dative	dēfaecātiōnī	dēfaecātiōnibus
Accusative	dēfaecātiōnem	dēfaecātiōnēs
Ablative	dēfaecātiōne	dēfaecātiōnibus
Vocative	dēfaecātiō	dēfaecātiōnēs

Descendants

→ English: defecation
→ French: défécation
Italian: defecazione
→ Russian: дефека́ция (defekácija)

References

defaecatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
defaecatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
defaecatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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