cavillatio
Latin
Etymology
cavillor (“to jeer, mock”) + -tiō
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.u̯ilˈlaː.ti.oː/, [käu̯ɪlˈlʲäːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.vilˈla.t͡si.o/, [kävilˈläːt̪͡s̪iɔ]
Noun
cavillātiō f (genitive cavillātiōnis); third declension
- jeering, scoffing
- irony in jest or in earnest
- an empty, sophistical discourse; sophistry
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cavillātiō | cavillātiōnēs |
Genitive | cavillātiōnis | cavillātiōnum |
Dative | cavillātiōnī | cavillātiōnibus |
Accusative | cavillātiōnem | cavillātiōnēs |
Ablative | cavillātiōne | cavillātiōnibus |
Vocative | cavillātiō | cavillātiōnēs |
References
- cavillatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cavillatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers