Latin

Noun

dēscriptiō f ‎(genitive dēscriptiōnis); third declension

1. description
2. diagram, plan
3. transcript, copy

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

References

• descriptio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• descriptio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• DESCRIPTIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “descriptio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the division of the year (into months, etc.: anni descriptio
    
  • chronology: temporum ratio, descriptio, ordo
    
  • geography: terrarum or regionum descriptio (geographia)
    
  • the constitution: descriptio civitatis
    
  • a sound judicial system: aequa iuris descriptio (Off. 2. 4. 15)