gubernatio

Latin

Etymology

gubernō +‎ -tiō

Noun

gubernātiō f (genitive gubernātiōnis); third declension

1. (nautical) steering, pilotage
2. direction, control
3. management, government

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gubernātiō	gubernātiōnēs
Genitive	gubernātiōnis	gubernātiōnum
Dative	gubernātiōnī	gubernātiōnibus
Accusative	gubernātiōnem	gubernātiōnēs
Ablative	gubernātiōne	gubernātiōnibus
Vocative	gubernātiō	gubernātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: governació
• Galician: gobernación
• → Middle English: gubernacion
  • English: gubernation
• Portuguese: governação
• Spanish: gobernación

References

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