accumulatio

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accumulātiō (“the act of heaping up”). Doublet of accumulation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əkʊm(j)uˈlɑti.o/

Noun

accumulatio (usually uncountable, plural accumulatios)

1. (rhetoric) A forceful summarisation of previously made points

Related terms

• accumulate

See also

• anacephalaeosis
• climax
• summary
• synathroesmus

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Latin

Etymology

From accumulō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ak.ku.muˈlaː.ti.oː/, [äkːʊmʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ak.ku.muˈlat.t͡si.o/, [äkːumuˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

accumulātiō f (genitive accumulātiōnis); third declension

1. The act of heaping up.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	accumulātiō	accumulātiōnēs
Genitive	accumulātiōnis	accumulātiōnum
Dative	accumulātiōnī	accumulātiōnibus
Accusative	accumulātiōnem	accumulātiōnēs
Ablative	accumulātiōne	accumulātiōnibus
Vocative	accumulātiō	accumulātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: accumulation, accumulatio
• French: accumulation
• Italian: accumulazione

• Portuguese: acumulação
• Russian: аккумуля́ция (akkumuljácija)
• Spanish: acumulación

References

• “accumulatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• accumulatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• accumulatio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016