exploratio

Latin

Etymology

explōrō (“to explore, investigate”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛk.spɫoːˈraː.ti.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ek.sploˈrat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]

Noun

explōrātiō f (genitive explōrātiōnis); third declension

an examination, exploration
(military) spying

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	explōrātiō	explōrātiōnēs
genitive	explōrātiōnis	explōrātiōnum
dative	explōrātiōnī	explōrātiōnibus
accusative	explōrātiōnem	explōrātiōnēs
ablative	explōrātiōne	explōrātiōnibus
vocative	explōrātiō	explōrātiōnēs

Descendants

→ Catalan: exploració
→ French: exploration
- → Dutch: exploratie
  - → Indonesian: eksplorasi
→ Italian: esplorazione
→ Portuguese: exploração
→ Romanian: explorație
→ Spanish: exploración

References

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