figuratio

Latin

Etymology

figūrō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fi.ɡuːˈraː.ti.oː/, [fɪɡuːˈräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fi.ɡuˈrat.t͡si.o/, [fiɡuˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

figūrātiō f (genitive figūrātiōnis); third declension

1. forming, fashioning
2. shape, form, figure
3. imagination, fancy
4. word-form
5. figurative mode of speaking

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	figūrātiō	figūrātiōnēs
Genitive	figūrātiōnis	figūrātiōnum
Dative	figūrātiōnī	figūrātiōnibus
Accusative	figūrātiōnem	figūrātiōnēs
Ablative	figūrātiōne	figūrātiōnibus
Vocative	figūrātiō	figūrātiōnēs

Descendants

• → English: figuration
• → French: figuration
• → German: Figuration
• Italian: figurazione
• Spanish: figuración

References

• figuratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• figuratio in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “figuratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “figuratio”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC