delegatio

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Latin

Etymology

dēlēgō (to assign, delegate) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

Noun

dēlēgātiō f (genitive dēlēgātiōnis); third declension

  1. an assignment (of debt), substitution
  2. delegation of one person by another

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēlēgātiō dēlēgātiōnēs
Genitive dēlēgātiōnis dēlēgātiōnum
Dative dēlēgātiōnī dēlēgātiōnibus
Accusative dēlēgātiōnem dēlēgātiōnēs
Ablative dēlēgātiōne dēlēgātiōnibus
Vocative dēlēgātiō dēlēgātiōnēs

References

  • delegatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • delegatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers