designatio

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Latin

Etymology

From dēsignō (designate, describe) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

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

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.