discriminatio

Latin

Etymology

From discrīminō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dis.kriː.miˈnaː.ti.oː/, [d̪ɪs̠kriːmɪˈnäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dis.kri.miˈnat.t͡si.o/, [d̪iskrimiˈnät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

discrīminātiō f (genitive discrīminātiōnis); third declension

1. separation
   • 4th century AD, Diomedes, Ars Grammatica, 320.16
2. the contrasting of opposite thoughts
   • 4th century AD, Julius Rufinianus, De Schematis Lexeos, 20

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	discrīminātiō	discrīminātiōnēs
Genitive	discrīminātiōnis	discrīminātiōnum
Dative	discrīminātiōnī	discrīminātiōnibus
Accusative	discrīminātiōnem	discrīminātiōnēs
Ablative	discrīminātiōne	discrīminātiōnibus
Vocative	discrīminātiō	discrīminātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: discriminació
• French: discrimination
• Galician: discriminación
• Italian: discriminazione
• Occitan: discriminacion
• Portuguese: discriminação
• Romanian: discriminație
• Spanish: discriminación

References

• “discriminatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• discriminatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.