dilaceratio

Latin

Etymology

From dīlacerō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diː.la.keˈraː.ti.oː/, [d̪iːɫ̪äkɛˈräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.la.t͡ʃeˈrat.t͡si.o/, [d̪ilät͡ʃeˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dīlacerātiō f (genitive dīlacerātiōnis); third declension

1. tearing to pieces
2. shredding

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dīlacerātiō	dīlacerātiōnēs
genitive	dīlacerātiōnis	dīlacerātiōnum
dative	dīlacerātiōnī	dīlacerātiōnibus
accusative	dīlacerātiōnem	dīlacerātiōnēs
ablative	dīlacerātiōne	dīlacerātiōnibus
vocative	dīlacerātiō	dīlacerātiōnēs

References

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