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ratiocinatio
ratiocinatio
English
Noun
ratiocinatio (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) Reasoning (typically with oneself) by asking questions.
- (rhetoric) Making statements, then asking the reason for such an affirmation, then answering oneself.
See also
Latin
Etymology
From ratiocinatus
Noun
ratiōcinātiō f (genitive ratiōcinātiōnis); third declension
- reasoning, ratiocination
- (logic) syllogism
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ratiōcinātiō | ratiōcinātiōnēs |
| genitive | ratiōcinātiōnis | ratiōcinātiōnum |
| dative | ratiōcinātiōnī | ratiōcinātiōnibus |
| accusative | ratiōcinātiōnem | ratiōcinātiōnēs |
| ablative | ratiōcinātiōne | ratiōcinātiōnibus |
| vocative | ratiōcinātiō | ratiōcinātiōnēs |
References
- ratiocinatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ratiocinatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ratiocinatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the syllogism; reasoning: ratiocinatio, ratio
- the syllogism; reasoning: ratiocinatio, ratio