explanatio

Latin

Etymology

From explano (“I explain”) +‎ -tio (“suffix forming action noun”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ek.splaːˈnaː.ti.oː/, [ɛks̠pɫ̪äːˈnäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.splaˈnat.t͡si.o/, [ekspläˈnät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

explānātiō f (genitive explānātiōnis); third declension

1. explanation, interpretation
2. exposition
3. articulation, pronunciation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	explānātiō	explānātiōnēs
Genitive	explānātiōnis	explānātiōnum
Dative	explānātiōnī	explānātiōnibus
Accusative	explānātiōnem	explānātiōnēs
Ablative	explānātiōne	explānātiōnibus
Vocative	explānātiō	explānātiōnēs

Related terms

• explānō

Descendants

• → English: explanation
• → Portuguese: explanação
• → Spanish: explanación

References

• “explanatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “explanatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• explanatio 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)
• explanatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.