designatio

Latin

Etymology

From dēsignō (designate, describe) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

dēsignātiō f (genitive dēsignātiōnis); third declension

  1. a designating, describing, marking out, specification
  2. a disposition, arrangement

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dēsignātiō dēsignātiōnēs
genitive dēsignātiōnis dēsignātiōnum
dative dēsignātiōnī dēsignātiōnibus
accusative dēsignātiōnem dēsignātiōnēs
ablative dēsignātiōne dēsignātiōnibus
vocative dēsignātiō dēsignātiōnēs

Descendants

References

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