copulatio

Latin

Etymology

From cōpulō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /koː.puˈlaː.ti.oː/, [koːpʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.puˈlat.t͡si.o/, [kopuˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

cōpulātiō f (genitive cōpulātiōnis); third declension

coupling, joining, connecting, uniting

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōpulātiō	cōpulātiōnēs
Genitive	cōpulātiōnis	cōpulātiōnum
Dative	cōpulātiōnī	cōpulātiōnibus
Accusative	cōpulātiōnem	cōpulātiōnēs
Ablative	cōpulātiōne	cōpulātiōnibus
Vocative	cōpulātiō	cōpulātiōnēs

Descendants

Czech: copulace
English: copulation
French: copulation
Italian: copulazione
Portuguese: copulação
Romanian: copulație
Russian: копуля́ция (kopuljácija)
Spanish: copulación

References

“copulatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“copulatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
copulatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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