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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin accumulātiō (“the act of heaping up”). Doublet of accumulation.
Pronunciation
Noun
accumulatio (usually uncountable, plural accumulatios)
- (rhetoric) A forceful summarisation of previously made points.
See also
Latin
Etymology
From accumulō + -tiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
accumulātiō f (genitive accumulātiōnis); third declension
- The act of heaping up.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “accumulatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- accumulatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- accumulatio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016