excultio
Latin
Etymology
From excultus, perfect passive participle of excolō (“cultivate; improve, perfect”) + -tio.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈskʊɫ.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ekˈskul.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
excultiō f (genitive excultiōnis); third declension
- nurturing (in the general sense), cultivating (in the figurative sense)
- improving, perfecting
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | excultiō | excultiōnēs |
| genitive | excultiōnis | excultiōnum |
| dative | excultiōnī | excultiōnibus |
| accusative | excultiōnem | excultiōnēs |
| ablative | excultiōne | excultiōnibus |
| vocative | excultiō | excultiōnēs |
Related terms
References
- “excultio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “excultio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- excultio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016