delegatio
Latin
Etymology
dēlēgō (“to assign, delegate”) + -tiō
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deː.ɫeːˈɡaː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [de.leˈɡat.t͡si.o]
Noun
dēlēgātiō f (genitive dēlēgātiōnis); third declension
- an assignment (of debt), substitution
- delegation of one person by another
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēlēgātiō | dēlēgātiōnēs |
| genitive | dēlēgātiōnis | dēlēgātiōnum |
| dative | dēlēgātiōnī | dēlēgātiōnibus |
| accusative | dēlēgātiōnem | dēlēgātiōnēs |
| ablative | dēlēgātiōne | dēlēgātiōnibus |
| vocative | dēlēgātiō | dēlēgātiōnēs |
References
- “delegatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “delegatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers