melioratio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From meliōrō (“I make better”) + -tiō, the former part being from melior (“better”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /me.li.oːˈraː.ti.oː/, [mɛlʲioːˈräːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.li.oˈrat.t͡si.o/, [melioˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun edit
meliōrātiō f (genitive meliōrātiōnis); third declension
- melioration (improvement)
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | meliōrātiō | meliōrātiōnēs |
| Genitive | meliōrātiōnis | meliōrātiōnum |
| Dative | meliōrātiōnī | meliōrātiōnibus |
| Accusative | meliōrātiōnem | meliōrātiōnēs |
| Ablative | meliōrātiōne | meliōrātiōnibus |
| Vocative | meliōrātiō | meliōrātiōnēs |
References edit
- “melioratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- melioratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.