delegatio

Latin

Etymology

dēlēgō (“to assign, delegate”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deː.leːˈɡaː.ti.oː/, [d̪eːɫ̪eːˈɡäːt̪ioː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.leˈɡa.t͡si.o/, [d̪ɛlɛˈɡäːt̪͡s̪iɔ]

Noun

dēlēgātiō f (genitive dēlēgātiōnis); third declension

  1. an assignment (of debt), substitution
  2. delegation of one person by another

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēlēgātiō dēlēgātiōnēs
Genitive dēlēgātiōnis dēlēgātiōnum
Dative dēlēgātiōnī dēlēgātiōnibus
Accusative dēlēgātiōnem dēlēgātiōnēs
Ablative dēlēgātiōne dēlēgātiōnibus
Vocative dēlēgātiō dēlēgātiōnēs

References
  • delegatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • delegatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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