natatio

== Latin == === Etymology === From natō (“swim, float”) +‎ -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [naˈtaː.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [naˈtat.t͡si.o] === Noun === natātiō f (genitive natātiōnis); third declension A swim, an instance of swimming. A place for swimming; swimming pool. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== natāns natātor natō nō ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: natació → English: natation → French: natation → Italian: natazione → Portuguese: natação → Romanian: natație → Spanish: natación === References === “natatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “natatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “natatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “natatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “natatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin