noun · femininethird declension
mōnstrātiō
mōnstrātiō f (genitive mōnstrātiōnis)
Classical[mõːˈstraː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[monˈstrat.t͡si.o]
Meaning
- raredirection, guidance, indication, hint
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mōnstrātiō | mōnstrātiōnēs |
| genitive | mōnstrātiōnis | mōnstrātiōnum |
| dative | mōnstrātiōnī | mōnstrātiōnibus |
| accusative | mōnstrātiōnem | mōnstrātiōnēs |
| ablative | mōnstrātiōne | mōnstrātiōnibus |
| vocative | mōnstrātiō | mōnstrātiōnēs |
monstrātĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a showing, direction (only in Terence and Vitruv.):
defessus sum ambulando: ut, Syre, te cum tuā Monstratione magnus perdat Juppiter, direction, Ter. Ad. 4, 6, 1: solers et expedita monstratio, indication, hint, Vitr. 6, 1, 12. Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mōnstrātiō ōnis, f
monstro, a showing, direction, guidance : tua, T.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin mōnstrātiō From mōnstrō (“to show, indicate”) + -tiō.