explicatio

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Latin

Etymology

From explico (“I explain”) +‎ -tio (“suffix forming action noun”).

Noun

explicātiō f (genitive explicātiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of unfolding or unrolling.
  2. (of speech) An explanation, explication, exposition.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative explicātiō explicātiōnēs
genitive explicātiōnis explicātiōnum
dative explicātiōnī explicātiōnibus
accusative explicātiōnem explicātiōnēs
ablative explicātiōne explicātiōnibus
vocative explicātiō explicātiōnēs

Descendants

(all borrowings)

References

  • “explicatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “explicatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • explicatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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