Latin

Noun

relātio f ‎(genitive relātiōnis); third declension

1. carrying or bringing back
2. narration, recital (especially of evidence)
3. repayment

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• English: relation
• French: relation
• Italian: relazione
• Portuguese: relação
• Romanian: relație
• Russian: реляция ‎(reljacija)
• Spanish: relación

References

• relatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• relatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• RELATIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “relatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• relatio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• relatio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin