apricatio

Latin

Etymology

From āprīcor +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aː.priːˈkaː.ti.oː/, [äːpriːˈkäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.priˈkat.t͡si.o/, [äpriˈkät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

āprīcātiō f (genitive āprīcātiōnis); third declension

1. (very rare) a basking in the sun, aprication, sunning

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	āprīcātiō	āprīcātiōnēs
genitive	āprīcātiōnis	āprīcātiōnum
dative	āprīcātiōnī	āprīcātiōnibus
accusative	āprīcātiōnem	āprīcātiōnēs
ablative	āprīcātiōne	āprīcātiōnibus
vocative	āprīcātiō	āprīcātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: aprication

References

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