A / ănĭmātĭo
noun

ănĭmātĭo

gen. ănĭmātōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd
a quickening; animating
a quickening, animating (extremely rare).
Lit.: arboris, Tert. Anim. 19.—
a living being by metonymy
Meton., concr., a living being: divinae animationis species, * Cic. Tim. 10, 31.