populatio

Latin

Etymology 1

From populor (“lay waste”).

Noun

populātiō f (genitive populātiōnis); third declension

  1. the act of laying waste or plundering
  2. plunder, booty
  3. destruction, devastation, corruption, ruin
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative populātiō populātiōnēs
Genitive populātiōnis populātiōnum
Dative populātiōnī populātiōnibus
Accusative populātiōnem populātiōnēs
Ablative populātiōne populātiōnibus
Vocative populātiō populātiōnēs

Etymology 2

From populus (“people”).

Noun

populātiō f (genitive populātiōnis); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) population; a people, multitude
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative populātiō populātiōnēs
Genitive populātiōnis populātiōnum
Dative populātiōnī populātiōnibus
Accusative populātiōnem populātiōnēs
Ablative populātiōne populātiōnibus
Vocative populātiō populātiōnēs
Descendants

References
  • “populatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “populatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • populatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • populatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • populatio 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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