relatio

Latin

Etymology

See relatus

Noun

relātiō f (genitive relātiōnis); third declension

1. carrying or bringing back
2. narration, recital (especially of evidence)
3. repayment

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	relātiō	relātiōnēs
Genitive	relātiōnis	relātiōnum
Dative	relātiōnī	relātiōnibus
Accusative	relātiōnem	relātiōnēs
Ablative	relātiōne	relātiōnibus
Vocative	relātiō	relātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: relació
• Dutch: relatie, relaas
• English: relation
• French: relation
• Galician: relación
• German: Relation
• Italian: relazione
• Luxembourgish: Relatioun
• Occitan: relacion
• Piedmontese: relassion
• Portuguese: relação
• Romanian: relație
• Russian: реляция (reljacija)
• Spanish: relación

References

• “relatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “relatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• relatio 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)
• relatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “relatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “relatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin