cavillatio

Latin

Etymology

cavillor (“to jeer, mock”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

Noun

cavillātiō f (genitive cavillātiōnis); third declension

  1. jeering, scoffing
  2. irony in jest or in earnest
  3. an empty, sophistical discourse; sophistry

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cavillātiō cavillātiōnēs
genitive cavillātiōnis cavillātiōnum
dative cavillātiōnī cavillātiōnibus
accusative cavillātiōnem cavillātiōnēs
ablative cavillātiōne cavillātiōnibus
vocative cavillātiō cavillātiōnēs

References

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