exploratio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
explōrō (“to explore, investigate”) + -tiō
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.sploːˈraː.ti.oː/, [ɛks̠pɫ̪oːˈräːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek.sploˈrat.t͡si.o/, [eksploˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun edit
explōrātiō f (genitive explōrātiōnis); third declension
- an examination, exploration
- (military) spying
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | explōrātiō | explōrātiōnēs |
| Genitive | explōrātiōnis | explōrātiōnum |
| Dative | explōrātiōnī | explōrātiōnibus |
| Accusative | explōrātiōnem | explōrātiōnēs |
| Ablative | explōrātiōne | explōrātiōnibus |
| Vocative | explōrātiō | explōrātiōnēs |
Descendants edit
- Catalan: exploració
- French: exploration
- Italian: esplorazione
- Portuguese: exploração
- Romanian: explorație
- Spanish: exploración
References edit
- “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