dilectio

Latin

Etymology

From dīligō.

Noun

dīlēctiō f (genitive dīlēctiōnis); third declension

1. love

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dīlēctiō	dīlēctiōnēs
Genitive	dīlēctiōnis	dīlēctiōnum
Dative	dīlēctiōnī	dīlēctiōnibus
Accusative	dīlēctiōnem	dīlēctiōnēs
Ablative	dīlēctiōne	dīlēctiōnibus
Vocative	dīlēctiō	dīlēctiōnēs

Descendants

• English: dilection
• Italian: dilezione
• Spanish: dilección

References

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