transformatio

Latin

Etymology

trāns- +‎ fōrmātiō, a calque of Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /trans.foːrˈmaː.ti.oː/, [trãːs.foːrˈmaː.ti.oː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /trans.forˈma.t͡si.o/, [trans.forˈmaː.t͡si.o]

Noun

trānsfōrmātiō f (genitive trānsfōrmātiōnis); third declension

(Ecclesiastical Latin, Medieval Latin) transformation

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	trānsfōrmātiō	trānsfōrmātiōnēs
Genitive	trānsfōrmātiōnis	trānsfōrmātiōnum
Dative	trānsfōrmātiōnī	trānsfōrmātiōnibus
Accusative	trānsfōrmātiōnem	trānsfōrmātiōnēs
Ablative	trānsfōrmātiōne	trānsfōrmātiōnibus
Vocative	trānsfōrmātiō	trānsfōrmātiōnēs

Descendants

Asturian: tresformación
Catalan: transformació
English: transformation
French: transformation
Galician: transformación
Italian: trasformazione

Polish: transformacja
Portuguese: transformação
Romanian: transformație
Russian: трансформация (transformacija)
Spanish: transformación

References

transformatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
transformatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
transformatio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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