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
- a designating, describing, marking out, specification
- 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
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.