dictatio

Latin

Etymology

From dictāre, dictō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

dictātiō f (genitive dictātiōnis); third declension

  1. a dictation; an act of dictating

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dictātiō dictātiōnēs
genitive dictātiōnis dictātiōnum
dative dictātiōnī dictātiōnibus
accusative dictātiōnem dictātiōnēs
ablative dictātiōne dictātiōnibus
vocative dictātiō dictātiōnēs

Descendants

  • English: dictation

References

  • dictatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dictatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.