Latin

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Etymology

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From detego (to uncover, to discover, to detect) +‎ -tio (-tion: forming nouns), from de- (un-) + tego (to cover, to hide).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dētēctiō f (genitive dētēctiōnis); third declension

  1. uncovering, variously
    1. discovery, the act or process of learning something new
    2. accusation, the act or process of exposing hidden crime or heresy
    3. detection, the act or process of finding out something hidden

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dētēctiō dētēctiōnēs
Genitive dētēctiōnis dētēctiōnum
Dative dētēctiōnī dētēctiōnibus
Accusative dētēctiōnem dētēctiōnēs
Ablative dētēctiōne dētēctiōnibus
Vocative dētēctiō dētēctiōnēs

Descendants

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