lineatio

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Latin

Etymology

From līneō (make straight) +‎ -tiō, from līnea (line).

Pronunciation

Noun

līneātiō f (genitive līneātiōnis); third declension

  1. The drawing of a line.
  2. A feature, lineament.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative līneātiō līneātiōnēs
genitive līneātiōnis līneātiōnum
dative līneātiōnī līneātiōnibus
accusative līneātiōnem līneātiōnēs
ablative līneātiōne līneātiōnibus
vocative līneātiō līneātiōnēs

Synonyms

References

  • lineatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lineatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.