expositio

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From expōnō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

expositiō f (genitive expositiōnis); third declension

  1. exposition, exhibition
  2. narration
  3. definition, explanation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative expositiō expositiōnēs
genitive expositiōnis expositiōnum
dative expositiōnī expositiōnibus
accusative expositiōnem expositiōnēs
ablative expositiōne expositiōnibus
vocative expositiō expositiōnēs

Descendants

References

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