dictatio

Latin

Etymology

From dictāre, dictō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dikˈtaː.ti.oː/, [d̪ɪkˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dikˈtat.t͡si.o/, [d̪ikˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dictātiō f (genitive dictātiōnis); third declension

1. a dictation; an act of dictating

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dictātiō	dictātiōnēs
genitive	dictātiōnis	dictātiōnum
dative	dictātiōnī	dictātiōnibus
accusative	dictātiōnem	dictātiōnēs
ablative	dictātiōne	dictātiōnibus
vocative	dictātiō	dictātiōnēs

Descendants

• → English: dictation

References

• “dictatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dictatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.