cavillatio

Latin

Etymology

cavillor (“to jeer, mock”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.u̯ilˈlaː.ti.oː/, [käu̯ɪlˈlʲäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.vilˈlat.t͡si.o/, [kävilˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

cavillātiō f (genitive cavillātiōnis); third declension

1. jeering, scoffing
2. irony in jest or in earnest
3. an empty, sophistical discourse; sophistry

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cavillātiō	cavillātiōnēs
Genitive	cavillātiōnis	cavillātiōnum
Dative	cavillātiōnī	cavillātiōnibus
Accusative	cavillātiōnem	cavillātiōnēs
Ablative	cavillātiōne	cavillātiōnibus
Vocative	cavillātiō	cavillātiōnēs

References

• “cavillatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cavillatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers