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delegatio

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Latin

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Etymology

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dēlēgō (to assign, delegate) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dēlēgātiō f (genitive dēlēgātiōnis); third declension

  1. an assignment (of debt), substitution
  2. delegation of one person by another

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dēlēgātiō dēlēgātiōnēs
genitive dēlēgātiōnis dēlēgātiōnum
dative dēlēgātiōnī dēlēgātiōnibus
accusative dēlēgātiōnem dēlēgātiōnēs
ablative dēlēgātiōne dēlēgātiōnibus
vocative dēlēgātiō dēlēgātiōnēs

References

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  • delegatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • delegatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers