noun · femininethird declension
dēmōnstrātiō
dēmōnstrātiō f (genitive dēmōnstrātiōnis)
Meaning
- indication, description, designation, identification
- demonstration, proof
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēmōnstrātiō | dēmōnstrātiōnēs |
| genitive | dēmōnstrātiōnis | dēmōnstrātiōnum |
| dative | dēmōnstrātiōnī | dēmōnstrātiōnibus |
| accusative | dēmōnstrātiōnem | dēmōnstrātiōnēs |
| ablative | dēmōnstrātiōne | dēmōnstrātiōnibus |
| vocative | dēmōnstrātiō | dēmōnstrātiōnēs |
dēmonstrātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a showing or pointing out, as with the finger, an indication, description, designation.
I. In gen. (good prose):
gestus universam rem et sententiam non demonstratione sed significatione declarans, Cic. de Or. 3, 59: conversam habere, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 59: hujus generis demonstratio est, et doctrina ipsa vulgaris, id. de Or. 3, 55, 209: temporum horum, Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 93.—In plur., Cic. Fin. 4, 5, 13.—II. In partic.
A. In rhetor.
1. The demonstrative or laudatory kind of oratory, i. q. demonstrativum genus, Cic. Inv. 1, 9, 12; Quint. 3, 4, 13; 11, 3, 115.—
2. A vivid delineation, picturesque presentation, Gr. διατύπωσις ἐνέργεια, Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68; cf. Quint. 9, 2, 40.—
B. In jurisprud., a clear and complete declaration of one's will, Dig. 35, tit. 1:
de condicionibus et demonstrationibus, Gai. ib. 17; ib. 30, 1, 74.—b. The bounding or limiting of a place, Dig. 8, 1, 13; 10, 1, 12.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dēmōnstrātiō ōnis, f
demonstro, a showing, pointing out, description : gestus sententiam demonstratione declarans: conversam habere.— An exposition, explanation : huius generis: quem ad modum quidque fiat.— Demonstrative oratory, eulogy .
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēmōnstrātiō From dēmōnstrō + -tiō.
Descendants
- Catalandemostració
- Englishdemonstration
- Frenchdémonstration
- Romaniandemonstrațiefrom French démonstration
- GermanDemonstration
- Italiandimostrazione
- Portuguesedemonstração
- Spanishdemostración
- Czechdemonstrace
- Dalmatiandemostratiáun