dilatio

Latin

Etymology

From differō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /diːˈlaː.ti.oː/, [d̪iːˈɫ̪äːt̪ioː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈlat.t͡si.o/, [d̪iˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dīlātiō f (genitive dīlātiōnis); third declension

  1. adjournment, postponement, delay

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case 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
  • → 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’s 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
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