praescriptio

Latin

Etymology

praescribo +‎ -tio.

Noun

praescrīptiō f (genitive praescrīptiōnis); third declension

  1. preface, introduction, commencement
  2. pretext, excuse, pretence
  3. precept, order, rule, law

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative praescrīptiō praescrīptiōnēs
Genitive praescrīptiōnis praescrīptiōnum
Dative praescrīptiōnī praescrīptiōnibus
Accusative praescrīptiōnem praescrīptiōnēs
Ablative praescrīptiōne praescrīptiōnibus
Vocative praescrīptiō praescrīptiōnēs

Descendants

References
  • “praescriptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “praescriptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praescriptio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • praescriptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “praescriptio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • praescriptio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “praescriptio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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