definitio

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English definition), ultimately from Latin dēfīnītiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdefinitio/, [ˈde̞fiˌnit̪io̞]
  • Rhymes: -itio
  • Syllabification(key): de‧fi‧ni‧ti‧o

Noun

definitio

  1. definition

Declension

Inflection of definitio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative definitio definitiot
genitive definition definitioiden
definitioitten
partitive definitiota definitioita
illative definitioon definitioihin
singular plural
nominative definitio definitiot
accusative nom. definitio definitiot
gen. definition
genitive definition definitioiden
definitioitten
partitive definitiota definitioita
inessive definitiossa definitioissa
elative definitiosta definitioista
illative definitioon definitioihin
adessive definitiolla definitioilla
ablative definitiolta definitioilta
allative definitiolle definitioille
essive definitiona definitioina
translative definitioksi definitioiksi
instructive definitioin
abessive definitiotta definitioitta
comitative definitioineen
Possessive forms of definitio (type valtio)
possessor singular plural
1st person definitioni definitiomme
2nd person definitiosi definitionne
3rd person definitionsa

Latin

Etymology

Derived from dēfīniō (I limit”, “I define) + -tiō (-tion, noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deː.fiːˈniː.ti.oː/, [d̪eːfiːˈniːt̪ioː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.fiˈnit.t͡si.o/, [d̪efiˈnit̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dēfīnītiō f (genitive dēfīnītiōnis); third declension

  1. definition; precise description
  2. specification
  3. boundary, limit
  4. explanation
  5. classification
  6. pronouncement, ruling

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēfīnītiō dēfīnītiōnēs
Genitive dēfīnītiōnis dēfīnītiōnum
Dative dēfīnītiōnī dēfīnītiōnibus
Accusative dēfīnītiōnem dēfīnītiōnēs
Ablative dēfīnītiōne dēfīnītiōnibus
Vocative dēfīnītiō dēfīnītiōnēs

Synonyms

Descendants

References

  • definitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • definitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • definitio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • definitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to start from a definition: a definitione proficisci
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