calefactio universalis

Latin

Noun

calefactiō ūniversālis f (genitive calefactiōnis ūniversālis); third declension

1. (New Latin) global warming
   • 2015, Pope Franciscus, “Laudato si’. [1], Litterae Encyclicae, Vatican:

     […] sed multae inquisitiones scientificae demonstrant maiorem partem calefactionis universalis postremis decennis gasiorum ex cumulatione oriri […] (dioxydum carbonicum, methanum, oxyda nitrogeni et alia) quae emittuntur potissimum ob humanam industriam.

     […] yet a number of scientific studies indicate that most global warming in recent decades is due to the great concentration of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxides and others) released mainly as a result of human activity.

Declension

Third-declension noun with a third-declension adjective.

	singular	plural
nominative	calefactiō ūniversālis	calefactiōnēs ūniversālēs
genitive	calefactiōnis ūniversālis	calefactiōnum ūniversālium
dative	calefactiōnī ūniversālī	calefactiōnibus ūniversālibus
accusative	calefactiōnem ūniversālem	calefactiōnēs ūniversālēs calefactiōnēs ūniversālīs
ablative	calefactiōne ūniversālī	calefactiōnibus ūniversālibus
vocative	calefactiō ūniversālis	calefactiōnēs ūniversālēs