amputatio

Latin

Etymology

amputō (“to prune”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /am.puˈtaː.ti.oː/, [ämpʊˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /am.puˈtat.t͡si.o/, [ämpuˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

amputātiō f (genitive amputātiōnis); third declension

1. pruning, lopping off

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	amputātiō	amputātiōnēs
Genitive	amputātiōnis	amputātiōnum
Dative	amputātiōnī	amputātiōnibus
Accusative	amputātiōnem	amputātiōnēs
Ablative	amputātiōne	amputātiōnibus
Vocative	amputātiō	amputātiōnēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: amputació
• → English: amputation
• → French: amputation
  • → Romanian: amputație
  • → Turkish: ampütasyon
• → German: Amputation
• → Italian: amputazione
• → Portuguese: amputação
• → Spanish: amputación

References

• “amputatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “amputatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers