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appositio
appositio
English
Noun
appositio (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) Addition of an element not syntactically required for purpose of description or explanation.
See also
Finnish
Noun
appositio
Declension
| Inflection of appositio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | appositio | appositiot | |
| genitive | apposition | appositioiden appositioitten |
|
| partitive | appositiota | appositioita | |
| illative | appositioon | appositioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | appositio | appositiot | |
| accusative | nom. | appositio | appositiot |
| gen. | apposition | ||
| genitive | apposition | appositioiden appositioitten |
|
| partitive | appositiota | appositioita | |
| inessive | appositiossa | appositioissa | |
| elative | appositiosta | appositioista | |
| illative | appositioon | appositioihin | |
| adessive | appositiolla | appositioilla | |
| ablative | appositiolta | appositioilta | |
| allative | appositiolle | appositioille | |
| essive | appositiona | appositioina | |
| translative | appositioksi | appositioiksi | |
| instructive | — | appositioin | |
| abessive | appositiotta | appositioitta | |
| comitative | — | appositioineen | |
Derived terms
- (grammar): appositioattribuutti
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ap.poˈsi.ti.oː/, [ap.pɔˈsɪ.ti.oː]
Noun
appositiō f (genitive appositiōnis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | appositiō | appositiōnēs |
| genitive | appositiōnis | appositiōnum |
| dative | appositiōnī | appositiōnibus |
| accusative | appositiōnem | appositiōnēs |
| ablative | appositiōne | appositiōnibus |
| vocative | appositiō | appositiōnēs |
References
- appositio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- APPOSITIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “appositio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.