illustratio

Latin

Etymology

From illūstrō (“I brighten, I explain”) +‎ -tiō.

Noun

illūstratiō f (genitive illūstratiōnis); third declension

  1. the action of lighting up, brightening
  2. vivid representation
  3. (rhetoric) hypotyposis

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative illūstratiō illūstratiōnēs
genitive illūstratiōnis illūstratiōnum
dative illūstratiōnī illūstratiōnibus
accusative illūstratiōnem illūstratiōnēs
ablative illūstratiōne illūstratiōnibus
vocative illūstratiō illūstratiōnēs

References

  • “illustratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “illustratio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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