calefactio

Latin

Etymology

From calefaciō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.leˈfak.ti.oː/, [käɫ̪ɛˈfäkt̪ioː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.leˈfak.t͡si.o/, [käleˈfäkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

calefactiō f (genitive calefactiōnis); third declension

warming, heating

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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

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