descriptio

Latin

Etymology

From dēscrībō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

dēscrīptiō f (genitive dēscrīptiōnis); third declension

  1. description
  2. diagram, plan
  3. transcript, copy

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēscrīptiō dēscrīptiōnēs
Genitive dēscrīptiōnis dēscrīptiōnum
Dative dēscrīptiōnī dēscrīptiōnibus
Accusative dēscrīptiōnem dēscrīptiōnēs
Ablative dēscrīptiōne dēscrīptiōnibus
Vocative dēscrīptiō dēscrīptiōnēs

Derived terms
  • dēscriptiuncula

Descendants

References
  • descriptio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • descriptio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • descriptio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • descriptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the division of the year (into months, etc.: anni descriptio
    • chronology: temporum ratio, descriptio, ordo
    • geography: terrarum or regionum descriptio (geographia)
    • the constitution: descriptio civitatis
    • a sound judicial system: aequa iuris descriptio (Off. 2. 4. 15)
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