gradatio

Latin

Etymology

gradātus (“stepped”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡraˈdaː.ti.oː/, [ɡräˈd̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡraˈdat.t͡si.o/, [ɡräˈd̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

gradātiō f (genitive gradātiōnis); third declension

1. gradation
2. (rhetoric) climax

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	gradātiō	gradātiōnēs
genitive	gradātiōnis	gradātiōnum
dative	gradātiōnī	gradātiōnibus
accusative	gradātiōnem	gradātiōnēs
ablative	gradātiōne	gradātiōnibus
vocative	gradātiō	gradātiōnēs

Descendants

• Italian: gradazione
• Spanish: gradación

References

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