calefactio

Latin

Etymology

From calefaciō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.leˈfak.ti.oː/, [käɫ̪ɛˈfäkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.leˈfak.t͡si.o/, [käleˈfäkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

calefactiō f (genitive calefactiōnis); third declension

1. warming, heating

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	calefactiō	calefactiōnēs
genitive	calefactiōnis	calefactiōnum
dative	calefactiōnī	calefactiōnibus
accusative	calefactiōnem	calefactiōnēs
ablative	calefactiōne	calefactiōnibus
vocative	calefactiō	calefactiōnēs

Descendants

• Asturian: calefaición, calefacción
• Catalan: calefacció
• English: calefaction
• French: caléfaction
• Galician: calefacción
• Portuguese: calefação
• Romanian: calefacție
• Spanish: calefacción

References

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