explanatio
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From explano (“I explain”) + -tio (“suffix forming action noun”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ek.splaːˈnaː.ti.oː/, [ɛks̠pɫ̪äːˈnäːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek.splaˈnat.t͡si.o/, [ekspläˈnät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
[edit]explānātiō f (genitive explānātiōnis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | explānātiō | explānātiōnēs |
| genitive | explānātiōnis | explānātiōnum |
| dative | explānātiōnī | explānātiōnibus |
| accusative | explānātiōnem | explānātiōnēs |
| ablative | explānātiōne | explānātiōnibus |
| vocative | explānātiō | explānātiōnēs |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: explanation
- → Portuguese: explanação
- → Spanish: explanación
References
[edit]- “explanatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “explanatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- explanatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- explanatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.