melioratio
Latin
Etymology
From meliōrō (“to improve, make better”) + tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛ.li.oːˈraː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [me.li.oˈrat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
meliōrātiō f (genitive meliōrātiōnis); third declension
- melioration (improvement)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | meliōrātiō | meliōrātiōnēs |
| genitive | meliōrātiōnis | meliōrātiōnum |
| dative | meliōrātiōnī | meliōrātiōnibus |
| accusative | meliōrātiōnem | meliōrātiōnēs |
| ablative | meliōrātiōne | meliōrātiōnibus |
| vocative | meliōrātiō | meliōrātiōnēs |
References
- “melioratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “melioratio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.