explanatio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From explano (“I explain”) + -tio (“suffix forming action noun”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.splaːˈnaː.ti.oː/, [ɛks̠pɫ̪äːˈnäːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek.splaˈnat.t͡si.o/, [ekspläˈnät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun[edit]
explānātiō f (genitive explānātiōnis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | explānātiō | explānātiōnēs |
| Genitive | explānātiōnis | explānātiōnum |
| Dative | explānātiōnī | explānātiōnibus |
| Accusative | explānātiōnem | explānātiōnēs |
| Ablative | explānātiōne | explānātiōnibus |
| Vocative | explānātiō | explānātiōnēs |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: explanation
- → Portuguese: explanação
- → Spanish: explanación
References[edit]
- “explanatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “explanatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- explanatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- explanatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.