acervatio

English

Etymology

From Latin acervātiō (“heaping up”), from acervō (“heap up”) + -ātiō. Doublet of acervation.

Noun

acervatio (uncountable)

1. (rhetoric) Departing from the normal syntax of a series to increase its effect.

Hyponyms

• asyndeton
• polysyndeton

Anagrams

• covariate

Latin

Etymology

From acervō (“heap up”) +‎ -tiō.

Noun

acervātiō f (genitive acervātiōnis); third declension

1. The act of heaping or piling up, accumulation.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	acervātiō	acervātiōnēs
Genitive	acervātiōnis	acervātiōnum
Dative	acervātiōnī	acervātiōnibus
Accusative	acervātiōnem	acervātiōnēs
Ablative	acervātiōne	acervātiōnibus
Vocative	acervātiō	acervātiōnēs

Related terms

• acervātus
• acervō

Descendants

• English: acervatio
• Portuguese: acervação

References

• “acervatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acervatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.