noun · femininethird declension
allēgātiō
allēgātiō f (genitive allēgātiōnis)
Meaning
- allegation, charge
- intercession
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | allēgātiō adlēgātiō | allēgātiōnēs adlēgātiōnēs |
| genitive | allēgātiōnis adlēgātiōnis | allēgātiōnum adlēgātiōnum |
| dative | allēgātiōnī adlēgātiōnī | allēgātiōnibus adlēgātiōnibus |
| accusative | allēgātiōnem adlēgātiōnem | allēgātiōnēs adlēgātiōnēs |
| ablative | allēgātiōne adlēgātiōne | allēgātiōnibus adlēgātiōnibus |
| vocative | allēgātiō adlēgātiō | allēgātiōnēs adlēgātiōnēs |
allēgātĭo (adl-), ōnis, f. 1. allēgo.
I. Lit., a sending or despatching to any one (in the class. per. only twice in Cic.):
cum sibi omnes ad istum adlegationes difficiles viderent, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 51, § 136; and in a pun: quibus adlegationibus illam sibi legationem expugnavit, id. ib. 17.—II. Fig.
A. In gen., an alleging or adducing by way of proof, excuse, and the like:
si maritus uxorem ream faciat, an lenocinii adlegatio repellat maritum ab accusatione? Dig. 48, 5, 2; so ib. 4, 4, 17; 23, 2, 60; App. M. 10, p. 241, 26.—B. Esp., in the Lat. of the jurists, an imperial rescript, Cod. Th. 16, 5, 37.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin allēgātiō From allegō + -tiō.
Descendants
- Catalanal·legació
- Englishallegation
- Frenchallégation
- Italianallegazione
- Portuguesealegação
- Romanianalegație
- Spanishalegación
- Cebuanoalegasyonfrom Spanish alegación
In English words that came into English from allēgātiō
- allegationallēgātiō
- adlegationadlegatio