Latin edit

Etymology edit

From significō +‎ -tiō.

Noun edit

significātiō f (genitive significātiōnis); third declension

  1. signal, sign, mark, token
  2. applause
  3. meaning, import

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative significātiō significātiōnēs
Genitive significātiōnis significātiōnum
Dative significātiōnī significātiōnibus
Accusative significātiōnem significātiōnēs
Ablative significātiōne significātiōnibus
Vocative significātiō significātiōnēs

Descendants edit

References edit

  • significatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • significatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • significatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to allude to a person or thing (not alludere): significatione appellare aliquem
  • significatio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016