explicatio
Latin
Etymology
From explico (“I explain”) + -tio (“suffix forming action noun”).
Noun
explicātiō f (genitive explicātiōnis); third declension
- The act of unfolding or unrolling.
- (of speech) An explanation, explication, exposition.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | explicātiō | explicātiōnēs |
| Genitive | explicātiōnis | explicātiōnum |
| Dative | explicātiōnī | explicātiōnibus |
| Accusative | explicātiōnem | explicātiōnēs |
| Ablative | explicātiōne | explicātiōnibus |
| Vocative | explicātiō | explicātiōnēs |
Descendants
(all borrowings)
- Catalan: explicació
- English: explication
- French: explication
- Galician: explicación
- Italian: esplicazione
- Occitan: explicacion
- Portuguese: explicação
- Romanian: explicație
- Russian: экспликация (eksplikacija)
- Spanish: explicación
References
- “explicatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “explicatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- explicatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.