decertatio

Latin

Etymology

From dēcertō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deː.kɛrˈtaː.ti.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d̪e.t͡ʃerˈt̪at̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]

Noun

dēcertātiō f (genitive dēcertātiōnis); third declension

decisive conflict (or a decision that arose out of conflict)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēcertātiō	dēcertātiōnēs
genitive	dēcertātiōnis	dēcertātiōnum
dative	dēcertātiōnī	dēcertātiōnibus
accusative	dēcertātiōnem	dēcertātiōnēs
ablative	dēcertātiōne	dēcertātiōnibus
vocative	dēcertātiō	dēcertātiōnēs

Related terms

decerto

References

“decertatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“decertatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
decertatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.