dilatio

dilatio

Latin

Etymology

    From differō + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    dīlātiō f (genitive dīlātiōnis); third declension

    1. adjournment, postponement, delay

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative dīlātiō dīlātiōnēs
    genitive dīlātiōnis dīlātiōnum
    dative dīlātiōnī dīlātiōnibus
    accusative dīlātiōnem dīlātiōnēs
    ablative dīlātiōne dīlātiōnibus
    vocative dīlātiō dīlātiōnēs

    Descendants

    • Catalan: dilació
    • French: dilation
    • Galician: dilación
    • Italian: dilazione
    • Portuguese: dilação
    • Romanian: dilațiune
    • Spanish: dilación

    References

    • dilatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • dilatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "dilatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • dilatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.