nomenclatio

Latin

Etymology

From nōmen (“name”) +‎ calātiō (“calling”), from calō (“to call”). Compare nōmenclātor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /noː.menˈklaː.ti.oː/, [noːmɛŋˈkɫ̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /no.menˈklat.t͡si.o/, [nomeŋˈklät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

nōmenclātiō f (genitive nōmenclātiōnis); third declension

1. a calling by name

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nōmenclātiō	nōmenclātiōnēs
genitive	nōmenclātiōnis	nōmenclātiōnum
dative	nōmenclātiōnī	nōmenclātiōnibus
accusative	nōmenclātiōnem	nōmenclātiōnēs
ablative	nōmenclātiōne	nōmenclātiōnibus
vocative	nōmenclātiō	nōmenclātiōnēs

References

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