eruditio

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Latin

Etymology

From ērudīre (to remove from ignorance, to educate) +‎ -tiō (forming nouns from verbs).

Pronunciation

Noun

ērudītiō f (genitive ērudītiōnis); third declension

  1. That which removes one from ignorance whether instruction, education or erudition, learning, knowledge
    Synonyms: cognitiō, scientia, sapientia, disciplīna
    Antonym: ignōrantia

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ērudītiō ērudītiōnēs
Genitive ērudītiōnis ērudītiōnum
Dative ērudītiōnī ērudītiōnibus
Accusative ērudītiōnem ērudītiōnēs
Ablative ērudītiōne ērudītiōnibus
Vocative ērudītiō ērudītiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • eruditio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • eruditio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • eruditio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be well-informed, erudite: multarum rerum cognitione imbutum esse (opp. litterarum or eruditionis expertem esse or rudem esse)