exornatio

Latin

Etymology

exōrnō +‎ -tiō

Noun

exōrnātiō f (genitive exōrnātiōnis); third declension

  1. decoration, embellishment (especially to speech)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative exōrnātiō exōrnātiōnēs
genitive exōrnātiōnis exōrnātiōnum
dative exōrnātiōnī exōrnātiōnibus
accusative exōrnātiōnem exōrnātiōnēs
ablative exōrnātiōne exōrnātiōnibus
vocative exōrnātiō exōrnātiōnēs

Descendants

  • English: exornation

References

  • “exornatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “exornatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exornatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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