detectio
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From detego (“to uncover, to discover, to detect”) + -tio (“-tion: forming nouns”), from de- (“un-”) + tego (“to cover, to hide”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈteːk.ti.oː/, [d̪eːˈt̪eːkt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈtek.t͡si.o/, [d̪eˈt̪ɛkt̪͡s̪io]
Noun
[edit]dētēctiō f (genitive dētēctiōnis); third declension
- uncovering, variously
- discovery, the act or process of learning something new
- accusation, the act or process of exposing hidden crime or heresy
- detection, the act or process of finding out something hidden
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | dētēctiō | dētēctiōnēs |
genitive | dētēctiōnis | dētēctiōnum |
dative | dētēctiōnī | dētēctiōnibus |
accusative | dētēctiōnem | dētēctiōnēs |
ablative | dētēctiōne | dētēctiōnibus |
vocative | dētēctiō | dētēctiōnēs |