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definitio
definitio
Finnish
Noun
definitio
Declension
| Inflection of definitio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | definitio | definitiot | |
| genitive | definition | definitioiden definitioitten |
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| partitive | definitiota | definitioita | |
| illative | definitioon | definitioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | definitio | definitiot | |
| accusative | nom. | definitio | definitiot |
| gen. | definition | ||
| genitive | definition | definitioiden definitioitten |
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| partitive | definitiota | definitioita | |
| inessive | definitiossa | definitioissa | |
| elative | definitiosta | definitioista | |
| illative | definitioon | definitioihin | |
| adessive | definitiolla | definitioilla | |
| ablative | definitiolta | definitioilta | |
| allative | definitiolle | definitioille | |
| essive | definitiona | definitioina | |
| translative | definitioksi | definitioiksi | |
| instructive | — | definitioin | |
| abessive | definitiotta | definitioitta | |
| comitative | — | definitioineen | |
Latin
Etymology
Derived from dēfīniō (“I limit”, “I define”) + -tiō (“-tion”, noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deː.fiːˈniː.ti.oː/
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.fiˈni.t͡si.o/, [de.fiˈniː.t͡si.o]
Noun
dēfīnītiō f (genitive dēfīnītiōnis); third declension
- definition; precise description
- specification
- boundary, limit
- explanation
- classification
- pronouncement, ruling
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēfīnītiō | dēfīnītiōnēs |
| genitive | dēfīnītiōnis | dēfīnītiōnum |
| dative | dēfīnītiōnī | dēfīnītiōnibus |
| accusative | dēfīnītiōnem | dēfīnītiōnēs |
| ablative | dēfīnītiōne | dēfīnītiōnibus |
| vocative | dēfīnītiō | dēfīnītiōnēs |
Synonyms
- (pronouncement, ruling): iūdicium (Classical), perfīnītiō (Mediaeval)
Descendants
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References
- definitio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- definitio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- DEFINITIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “definitio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to start from a definition: a definitione proficisci
- to start from a definition: a definitione proficisci