expletio

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Latin

Noun

explētiō f (genitive explētiōnis); third declension

  1. fulfilment
  2. satisfaction

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative explētiō explētiōnēs
genitive explētiōnis explētiōnum
dative explētiōnī explētiōnibus
accusative explētiōnem explētiōnēs
ablative explētiōne explētiōnibus
vocative explētiō explētiōnēs

Descendants

  • English: expletion

References

  • expletio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • expletio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • expletio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • expletio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.