dissertatio

Latin

Etymology

From dissertāre, dissertō + -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dis.serˈtaː.ti.oː/, [d̪ɪs̠ːɛrˈt̪äːt̪ioː]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dis.serˈtat.t͡si.o/, [d̪isːerˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dissertātiō f (genitive dissertātiōnis); third declension

1. (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dissertātiō	dissertātiōnēs
Genitive	dissertātiōnis	dissertātiōnum
Dative	dissertātiōnī	dissertātiōnibus
Accusative	dissertātiōnem	dissertātiōnēs
Ablative	dissertātiōne	dissertātiōnibus
Vocative	dissertātiō	dissertātiōnēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: dissertació
• → English: dissertation
• → French: dissertation
  • → Dutch: dissertatie
    • → Indonesian: disertasi
• → Italian: dissertazione
• → Portuguese: dissertação
• → Romanian: disertație
• → Russian: диссертация (dissertacija)
• → Spanish: disertación

References

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