illustratio
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From illūstrō (“I brighten, I explain”) + -tiō.
Noun
[edit]illūstratiō f (genitive illūstratiōnis); third declension
- the action of lighting up, brightening
- vivid representation
- (rhetoric) hypotyposis
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | illūstratiō | illūstratiōnēs |
| genitive | illūstratiōnis | illūstratiōnum |
| dative | illūstratiōnī | illūstratiōnibus |
| accusative | illūstratiōnem | illūstratiōnēs |
| ablative | illūstratiōne | illūstratiōnibus |
| vocative | illūstratiō | illūstratiōnēs |
References
[edit]- “illustratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- illustratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.