accumulatio
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin accumulātiō (“the act of heaping up”). Doublet of accumulation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əkʊm(j)uˈlɑti.o/
Noun
accumulatio (usually uncountable, plural accumulatios)
- (rhetoric) A forceful summarisation of previously made points.
Related terms
See also
- anacephalaeosis
- climax
- summary
- synathroesmus
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ak.kʊ.mʊˈɫaː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ak.ku.muˈlat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
accumulātiō f (genitive accumulātiōnis); third declension
- The act of heaping up.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | accumulātiō | accumulātiōnēs |
| genitive | accumulātiōnis | accumulātiōnum |
| dative | accumulātiōnī | accumulātiōnibus |
| accusative | accumulātiōnem | accumulātiōnēs |
| ablative | accumulātiōne | accumulātiōnibus |
| vocative | accumulātiō | accumulātiōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: acumulació
- English: accumulation, accumulatio
- French: accumulation
- Galician: acumulación
- Italian: accumulazione
- Portuguese: acumulação
- Romanian: acumulație
- Russian: аккумуля́ция (akkumuljácija)
- Spanish: acumulación
References
- “accumulatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- accumulatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- accumulatio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016