accumulatio

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accumulātiō (“the act of heaping up”). Doublet of accumulation.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /əkʊm(j)uˈlɑti.o/

Noun

accumulatio (usually uncountable, plural accumulatios)

  1. (rhetoric) A forceful summarisation of previously made points

See also

Latin

Etymology

From accumulō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ak.ku.muˈlaː.ti.oː/, [ak.kʊ.mʊˈɫaː.ti.oː]

Noun

accumulātiō f (genitive accumulātiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of heaping up.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative accumulātiō accumulātiōnēs
Genitive accumulātiōnis accumulātiōnum
Dative accumulātiōnī accumulātiōnibus
Accusative accumulātiōnem accumulātiōnēs
Ablative accumulātiōne accumulātiōnibus
Vocative accumulātiō accumulātiōnēs

Descendants

References
  • accumulatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • accumulatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • accumulatio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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