dilatio
Latin
Etymology
From differō + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diːˈlaː.ti.oː/, [d̪iːˈɫ̪äːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈlat.t͡si.o/, [d̪iˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
dīlātiō f (genitive dīlātiōnis); third declension
- adjournment, postponement, delay
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dīlātiō | dīlātiōnēs |
| Genitive | dīlātiōnis | dīlātiōnum |
| Dative | dīlātiōnī | dīlātiōnibus |
| Accusative | dīlātiōnem | dīlātiōnēs |
| Ablative | dīlātiōne | dīlātiōnibus |
| Vocative | dīlātiō | dīlātiōnēs |
Descendants
- → Catalan: dilació
- → French: dilation
- → Galician: dilación
- → Italian: dilazione
- → Portuguese: dilação
- → Spanish: dilación
References
- “dilatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dilatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dilatio 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)
- dilatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette