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dioecesis
dioecesis
Latin
Noun
dioecēsis f (genitive dioecēsis); third declension
- diocese
- circa 1590, Abraham Ortelius, Islandia (map):
- His notis diſtinguitur limes inter vtramque dioeceſim.
- circa 1590, Abraham Ortelius, Islandia (map):
Inflection
Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dioecēsis | dioecēsēs |
| genitive | dioecēsis | dioecēsium |
| dative | dioecēsī | dioecēsibus |
| accusative | dioecēsem dioecēsim |
dioecēsēs dioecēsīs |
| ablative | dioecēse dioecēsī |
dioecēsibus |
| vocative | dioecēsis | dioecēsēs |
References
- dioecesis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dioecesis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- DIOECESIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dioecesis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.