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explicatio
explicatio
Latin
Noun
explicātiō f (genitive explicātiōnis); third declension
- The act of unfolding or unrolling.
- (of speech) An explanation, explication, exposition.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | explicātiō | explicātiōnēs |
| genitive | explicātiōnis | explicātiōnum |
| dative | explicātiōnī | explicātiōnibus |
| accusative | explicātiōnem | explicātiōnēs |
| ablative | explicātiōne | explicātiōnibus |
| vocative | explicātiō | explicātiōnēs |
Descendants
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References
- explicatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- explicatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “explicatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.