melioratio

Latin

Etymology

From meliōrō (“I make better”) +‎ -tiō, the former part being from melior (“better”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.li.oːˈraː.ti.oː/, [mɛlʲioːˈräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.li.oˈrat.t͡si.o/, [melioˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

meliōrātiō f (genitive meliōrātiōnis); third declension

1. melioration (improvement)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	meliōrātiō	meliōrātiōnēs
genitive	meliōrātiōnis	meliōrātiōnum
dative	meliōrātiōnī	meliōrātiōnibus
accusative	meliōrātiōnem	meliōrātiōnēs
ablative	meliōrātiōne	meliōrātiōnibus
vocative	meliōrātiō	meliōrātiōnēs

References

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