explanatio
Latin
Etymology
From explano (“I explain”) + -tio (“suffix forming action noun”).
Noun
explānātiō f (genitive explānātiōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | explānātiō | explānātiōnēs |
| Genitive | explānātiōnis | explānātiōnum |
| Dative | explānātiōnī | explānātiōnibus |
| Accusative | explānātiōnem | explānātiōnēs |
| Ablative | explānātiōne | explānātiōnibus |
| Vocative | explānātiō | explānātiōnēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: explanation
- Portuguese: explanação
- Spanish: explanación
References
- “explanatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “explanatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- explanatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- explanatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.