melioratio
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom meliōrō (“I make better”) + -tiō, the former part being from melior (“better”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /me.li.oːˈraː.ti.oː/, [mɛlʲioːˈräːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.li.oˈrat.t͡si.o/, [melioˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
editmeliōrātiō f (genitive meliōrātiōnis); third declension
- melioration (improvement)
Declension
editThird-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.