dilatio

Latin

Etymology

From differō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

dīlātiō f (genitive dīlātiōnis); third declension

  1. adjournment, postponement, delay

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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
  • Romanian: dilațiune
  • 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.