lineatio

Latin

Etymology

From līneō (“make straight”) +‎ -tiō, from līnea (“line”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liː.neˈaː.ti.oː/, [lʲiːneˈäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /li.neˈat.t͡si.o/, [lineˈät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

līneātiō f (genitive līneātiōnis); third declension

1. The drawing of a line.
2. A feature, lineament.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	līneātiō	līneātiōnēs
genitive	līneātiōnis	līneātiōnum
dative	līneātiōnī	līneātiōnibus
accusative	līneātiōnem	līneātiōnēs
ablative	līneātiōne	līneātiōnibus
vocative	līneātiō	līneātiōnēs

Synonyms

• (lineament): līneāmentum

Related terms

• līnea
• līneāmentum
• līneō

References

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