accumulatio

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accumulātiō (“the act of heaping up”). Doublet of accumulation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əkʊm(j)uˈlɑti.o/

Noun

accumulatio (usually uncountable, plural accumulatios)

1. (rhetoric) A forceful summarisation of previously made points

Related terms

• accumulate

See also

• anacephalaeosis
• climax
• summary
• synathroesmus

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Latin

Etymology

From accumulō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ak.ku.muˈlaː.ti.oː/, [ak.kʊ.mʊˈɫ̪aː.t̪i.oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ak.ku.muˈla.t͡si.o/, [ak.ku.muˈlaː.t͡si.ɔ]

Noun

accumulātiō f (genitive accumulātiōnis); third declension

1. The act of heaping up.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	accumulātiō	accumulātiōnēs
Genitive	accumulātiōnis	accumulātiōnum
Dative	accumulātiōnī	accumulātiōnibus
Accusative	accumulātiōnem	accumulātiōnēs
Ablative	accumulātiōne	accumulātiōnibus
Vocative	accumulātiō	accumulātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: accumulation, accumulatio
• French: accumulation
• Italian: accumulazione

• Portuguese: acumulação
• Russian: аккумуля́ция (akkumuljácija)
• Spanish: acumulación

References

• accumulatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• accumulatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• accumulatio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016