dilucidatio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *dīlūcidō + -tiō (“-tion”, noun suffix), the former from dīlūcidus (“clear, distinct”) + -ō (verb suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diː.luː.kiˈdaː.ti.oː/, [d̪iːɫ̪uːkɪˈd̪äːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /di.lu.t͡ʃiˈdat.t͡si.o/, [d̪ilut͡ʃiˈd̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun[edit]
dīlūcidātiō f (genitive dīlūcidātiōnis); third declension (Late Latin)
- illustration, explanation; clearness, distinctness
- c. 540 CE, Cassiodorus, Complexiones 1 Cor.6:
- […] in judicio Dei cuncta sint posita, ubi actus omnium manifesta dilucidatione cognoscitur.
Inflection[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dīlūcidātiō | dīlūcidātiōnēs |
| Genitive | dīlūcidātiōnis | dīlūcidātiōnum |
| Dative | dīlūcidātiōnī | dīlūcidātiōnibus |
| Accusative | dīlūcidātiōnem | dīlūcidātiōnēs |
| Ablative | dīlūcidātiōne | dīlūcidātiōnibus |
| Vocative | dīlūcidātiō | dīlūcidātiōnēs |
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “dilucidatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press