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Latin
Etymology
From compīlō (“snatch together, carry off”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
compīlātiō f (genitive compīlātiōnis); third declension
- The act of carrying off or snatching together; pillaging, plundering.
- A compilation, collection (of documents).
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “compilatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “compilatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- compilatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.