designatio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dēsignō (“designate, describe”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deː.siɡˈnaː.ti.oː/, [d̪eːs̠ɪŋˈnäːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.siɲˈɲat.t͡si.o/, [d̪es̬iɲˈɲät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun[edit]
dēsignātiō f (genitive dēsignātiōnis); third declension
- a designating, describing, marking out, specification
- a disposition, arrangement
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dēsignātiō | dēsignātiōnēs |
| Genitive | dēsignātiōnis | dēsignātiōnum |
| Dative | dēsignātiōnī | dēsignātiōnibus |
| Accusative | dēsignātiōnem | dēsignātiōnēs |
| Ablative | dēsignātiōne | dēsignātiōnibus |
| Vocative | dēsignātiō | dēsignātiōnēs |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: designació
- English: designation
- French: désignation
- Galician: designación
- Italian: designazione
- Occitan: designacion
- Portuguese: designação
- Spanish: designación
References[edit]
- “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.