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dispositio
dispositio
English
Noun
dispositio (uncountable)
- One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the organization of arguments.
See also
Finnish
Noun
dispositio
Declension
| Inflection of dispositio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dispositio | dispositiot | |
| genitive | disposition | dispositioiden dispositioitten |
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| partitive | dispositiota | dispositioita | |
| illative | dispositioon | dispositioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | dispositio | dispositiot | |
| accusative | nom. | dispositio | dispositiot |
| gen. | disposition | ||
| genitive | disposition | dispositioiden dispositioitten |
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| partitive | dispositiota | dispositioita | |
| inessive | dispositiossa | dispositioissa | |
| elative | dispositiosta | dispositioista | |
| illative | dispositioon | dispositioihin | |
| adessive | dispositiolla | dispositioilla | |
| ablative | dispositiolta | dispositioilta | |
| allative | dispositiolle | dispositioille | |
| essive | dispositiona | dispositioina | |
| translative | dispositioksi | dispositioiksi | |
| instructive | — | dispositioin | |
| abessive | dispositiotta | dispositioitta | |
| comitative | — | dispositioineen | |
Latin
Etymology
From dispōnō (“dispose, arrange”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /dis.poˈsi.ti.oː/, [dɪs.pɔˈsɪ.ti.oː]
Noun
dispositiō f (genitive dispositiōnis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dispositiō | dispositiōnēs |
| genitive | dispositiōnis | dispositiōnum |
| dative | dispositiōnī | dispositiōnibus |
| accusative | dispositiōnem | dispositiōnēs |
| ablative | dispositiōne | dispositiōnibus |
| vocative | dispositiō | dispositiōnēs |
Synonyms
- (disposition): affectiō, ingenium, constitutiō
Related terms
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References
- dispositio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dispositio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- DISPOSITIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dispositio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the arrangement of the subject-matter: dispositio rerum (De Inv. 1. 7. 9)
- the arrangement of the subject-matter: dispositio rerum (De Inv. 1. 7. 9)