designatio

Latin

Etymology

From dēsignō (“designate, describe”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.siːɡˈnaː.ti.oː/, [d̪eːs̠iːŋˈnäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.siɲˈɲat.t͡si.o/, [d̪es̬iɲˈɲät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dēsīgnātiō f (genitive dēsīgnātiōnis); third declension

1. a designating, describing, marking out, specification
2. a disposition, arrangement

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēsīgnātiō	dēsīgnātiōnēs
Genitive	dēsīgnātiōnis	dēsīgnātiōnum
Dative	dēsīgnātiōnī	dēsīgnātiōnibus
Accusative	dēsīgnātiōnem	dēsīgnātiōnēs
Ablative	dēsīgnātiōne	dēsīgnātiōnibus
Vocative	dēsīgnātiō	dēsīgnātiōnēs

Related terms

• dēsignātē
• dēsignātor
• dēsignātus
• dēsignō
• signō

Descendants

• English: designation
• Spanish: designación

References

• “designatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “designatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• designatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.