significatio
Latin
Etymology
From significō + -tiō.
Noun
significātiō f (genitive significātiōnis); third declension
- signal, sign, mark, token
- applause
- meaning, import
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | significātiō | significātiōnēs |
| Genitive | significātiōnis | significātiōnum |
| Dative | significātiōnī | significātiōnibus |
| Accusative | significātiōnem | significātiōnēs |
| Ablative | significātiōne | significātiōnibus |
| Vocative | significātiō | significātiōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: significació
- → French: signification
- Galician: significación
- Italian: significazione
- Portuguese: significação
- Romanian: semnificație
- Spanish: significación
References
- “significatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “significatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- significatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to allude to a person or thing (not alludere): significatione appellare aliquem
- to allude to a person or thing (not alludere): significatione appellare aliquem
- significatio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016