boatio

From boō +‎ -tiō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /boˈaː.ti.oː/, [boˈäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /boˈat.t͡si.o/, [boˈät̪ː͡s̪io]

boātiō f (genitive boātiōnis); third declension

1. A roaring, bellowing, boation.
2. (of cattle) A lowing, mooing, bellowing.
   • 1771 — Emanuel Swedenborg, Vera Christiana Religio, 337

     vaccarum boatio in via significabat difficilem conversionem concupiscentiarum mali naturalis hominis in affectiones bona

     The lowing of the cows in the way signified the difficult conversion of the natural man's lusts of evil into good affections

Third-declension noun.

• (mooing, lowing): mūgītus
• (roaring): boātus, mūgītus

• boātus
• boō
• reboō

• English: boation