designatio

Latin

Etymology

From dēsignō (“designate, describe”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deː.siɡˈnaː.ti.oː/, [deː.sɪŋˈnaː.ti.oː]

Noun

dēsignātiō f (genitive dēsignātiōnis); third declension

  1. a designating, describing, marking out, specification
  2. a disposition, arrangement

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative dēsignātiō dēsignātiōnēs
genitive dēsignātiōnis dēsignātiōnum
dative dēsignātiōnī dēsignātiōnibus
accusative dēsignātiōnem dēsignātiōnēs
ablative dēsignātiōne dēsignātiōnibus
vocative dēsignātiō dēsignātiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • designatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • designatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • designatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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