refutatio

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Latin

Etymology

From refūtō +‎ -ātiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

refūtātiō f (genitive refūtātiōnis); third declension

  1. (rhetoric) refutation (an act of refuting)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative refūtātiō refūtātiōnēs
genitive refūtātiōnis refūtātiōnum
dative refūtātiōnī refūtātiōnibus
accusative refūtātiōnem refūtātiōnēs
ablative refūtātiōne refūtātiōnibus
vocative refūtātiō refūtātiōnēs

Further reading

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