designatio

Latin

Etymology

From dēsignō (“designate, describe”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /deː.siɡˈnaː.ti.oː/, [deː.sɪŋˈnaː.ti.oː]

Noun

dēsignātiō f (genitive dēsignātiōnis); third declension

a designating, describing, marking out, specification
a disposition, arrangement

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēsignātiō	dēsignātiōnēs
Genitive	dēsignātiōnis	dēsignātiōnum
Dative	dēsignātiōnī	dēsignātiōnibus
Accusative	dēsignātiōnem	dēsignātiōnēs
Ablative	dēsignātiōne	dēsignātiōnibus
Vocative	dēsignātiō	dēsignātiōnēs

Related terms

Descendants

English: designation
Spanish: designación

References

designatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
designatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
designatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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