What does impositiō mean in Latin?

impositiō, a noun, means “application; a denomination, appellation, word”.

What is the genitive of impositiō?

The genitive singular is impositiōnis. impositiō is feminine, third declension.

In classical Latin, [ɪm.pɔˈsɪ.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [im.poˈs̬it.t͡si.o].

noun · femininethird declension

impositiō f (genitive impositiōnis)

Classical[ɪm.pɔˈsɪ.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[im.poˈs̬it.t͡si.o]

application
a denomination, appellation, word
Quae ideo sunt obscura, quod neque omnis impositio verborum exstat, quod vetustas quasdam delevit, nec quae exstat sine mendo omnis imposita, [...]These matters remain thus unclear, for not every word instance still exist, the passing of time has deleted some, they were not each established correctly, …116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina 5.3

declension
form	singular	plural
nominative	impositiō inpositiō	impositiōnēs inpositiōnēs
genitive	impositiōnis inpositiōnis	impositiōnum inpositiōnum
dative	impositiōnī inpositiōnī	impositiōnibus inpositiōnibus
accusative	impositiōnem inpositiōnem	impositiōnēs inpositiōnēs
ablative	impositiōne inpositiōne	impositiōnibus inpositiōnibus
vocative	impositiō inpositiō	impositiōnēs inpositiōnēs

impŏsĭtĭo (inp-), ōnis, f. id., gramm. t. t.,

I. the application of a name to a thing, Varr. L. L. 8, § 5 Müll.; 10, § 51; § 61 (in Plin. 27, 13, 115, § 141, the true reading is in potione).

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin impositiō From impōnō + -tiō.

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