Latin edit

Etymology edit

From disputō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

disputātiō f (genitive disputātiōnis); third declension

  1. arguing, reasoning, discussing, debating
  2. argument, debate, dispute
  3. (Medieval Latin) a disputation

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative disputātiō disputātiōnēs
Genitive disputātiōnis disputātiōnum
Dative disputātiōnī disputātiōnibus
Accusative disputātiōnem disputātiōnēs
Ablative disputātiōne disputātiōnibus
Vocative disputātiō disputātiōnēs

References edit

  • disputatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • disputatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • disputatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • disputatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • systematic, scientific discussion: disputatio, quaestio