exploratio

Latin

Etymology

explōrō (“to explore, investigate”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ek.sploːˈraː.ti.oː/, [ɛks̠pɫ̪oːˈräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.sploˈrat.t͡si.o/, [eksploˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

explōrātiō f (genitive explōrātiōnis); third declension

1. an examination, exploration
2. (military) spying

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	explōrātiō	explōrātiōnēs
Genitive	explōrātiōnis	explōrātiōnum
Dative	explōrātiōnī	explōrātiōnibus
Accusative	explōrātiōnem	explōrātiōnēs
Ablative	explōrātiōne	explōrātiōnibus
Vocative	explōrātiō	explōrātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: exploració
• French: exploration
• Italian: esplorazione
• Portuguese: exploração
• Romanian: explorație
• Spanish: exploración

References

• “exploratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “exploratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers