illustratio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From illūstrō (“I brighten, I explain”) + -tiō.
Noun edit
illūstratiō f (genitive illūstratiōnis); third declension
- the action of lighting up, brightening
- vivid representation
- (rhetoric) hypotyposis
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | illūstratiō | illūstratiōnēs |
| Genitive | illūstratiōnis | illūstratiōnum |
| Dative | illūstratiōnī | illūstratiōnibus |
| Accusative | illūstratiōnem | illūstratiōnēs |
| Ablative | illūstratiōne | illūstratiōnibus |
| Vocative | illūstratiō | illūstratiōnēs |
References edit
- “illustratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- illustratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.