noun · femininethird declension
refūtātiō
refūtātiō f (genitive refūtātiōnis)
Classical[rɛ.fuːˈtaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[re.fuˈtat.t͡si.o]
Meaning
- rhetoricrefutation (an act of refuting)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | refūtātiō | refūtātiōnēs |
| genitive | refūtātiōnis | refūtātiōnum |
| dative | refūtātiōnī | refūtātiōnibus |
| accusative | refūtātiōnem | refūtātiōnēs |
| ablative | refūtātiōne | refūtātiōnibus |
| vocative | refūtātiō | refūtātiōnēs |
rĕfūtātĭo, ōnis, f. id.;
I.
in rhet., a refutation, Cic. Top. 25, 93; Quint. 5, 13, 1; 3, 9, 5; 4, 3, 15; 6, 3, 72.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
refūtātiō ōnis, f
refuto, a refutation .
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin refūtātiō From refūtō + -tiō.