ratiocinatio

English

Etymology

From Latin ratiōcinātiō.

Noun

ratiocinatio (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) Reasoning (typically with oneself) by asking questions.
  2. (rhetoric) Making statements, then asking the reason for such an affirmation, then answering oneself.

See also

Latin

Etymology

ratiōcinor +‎ -tiō

Noun

ratiōcinātiō f (genitive ratiōcinātiōnis); third declension

  1. reasoning, ratiocination
    • c. 80 BCE – 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De Architectura 1.1:
      opera ea nāscitur ex fabricā et ratiōcinātiōne.
      That service arises from practiced skill and from reasoning.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ratiōcinātiō ratiōcinātiōnēs
genitive ratiōcinātiōnis ratiōcinātiōnum
dative ratiōcinātiōnī ratiōcinātiōnibus
accusative ratiōcinātiōnem ratiōcinātiōnēs
ablative ratiōcinātiōne ratiōcinātiōnibus
vocative ratiōcinātiō ratiōcinātiōnēs

Descendants

  • → English: ratiocination

References

  • “ratiocinatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ratiocinatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ratiocinatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the syllogism; reasoning: ratiocinatio, ratio
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