gradatio

Latin

Etymology

gradātus (stepped) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

Noun

gradātiō f (genitive gradātiōnis); third declension

  1. gradation
  2. (rhetoric) climax

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative gradātiō gradātiōnēs
genitive gradātiōnis gradātiōnum
dative gradātiōnī gradātiōnibus
accusative gradātiōnem gradātiōnēs
ablative gradātiōne gradātiōnibus
vocative gradātiō gradātiōnēs

Descendants

  • Italian: gradazione
  • Spanish: gradación

References

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