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noun · femininethird declension

discrīminātiō

discrīminātiō f (genitive discrīminātiōnis)
Classical[dɪs.kriː.mɪˈnaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[dis.kri.miˈnat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. separation
    4th century AD, Diomedes, Ars Grammatica, 320.16
  2. the contrasting of opposite thoughts
    4th century AD, Julius Rufinianus, De Schematis Lexeos, 20

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativediscrīminātiōdiscrīminātiōnēs
genitivediscrīminātiōnisdiscrīminātiōnum
dativediscrīminātiōnīdiscrīminātiōnibus
accusativediscrīminātiōnemdiscrīminātiōnēs
ablativediscrīminātiōnediscrīminātiōnibus
vocativediscrīminātiōdiscrīminātiōnēs

discrīmĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. id., rhet. t. t., = παραδιαστολή,
I. the contrasting of opposite thoughts, Rufin. Schem. lex. § 20.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin discrīminātiō From discrīminō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalandiscriminació
  • Frenchdiscrimination
  • Italiandiscriminazione
  • Occitandiscriminacion
  • Portuguesediscriminação
  • Romaniandiscriminație
  • Spanishdiscriminación
  • Galiciandiscriminación

In English words that came into English from discrīminātiō

  • discriminationdiscrīminātiō

Quick answers

What does discrīminātiō mean in Latin?
discrīminātiō, a noun, means “separation; the contrasting of opposite thoughts”.
What is the genitive of discrīminātiō?
The genitive singular is discrīminātiōnis. discrīminātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce discrīminātiō?
In classical Latin, [dɪs.kriː.mɪˈnaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [dis.kri.miˈnat.t͡si.o].