"definitio" meaning in Latin

See definitio in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [deː.fiːˈniː.ti.oː] [Classical-Latin], [de.fiˈnit.t͡si.o] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Derived from dēfīniō (“I limit”, “I define”) + -tiō (“-tion”, noun-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|dēfīniō|tiō|pos2=noun-forming suffix|t1=I limit”, “I define|t2=-tion}} dēfīniō (“I limit”, “I define”) + -tiō (“-tion”, noun-forming suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|dēfīnītiō<3>}} dēfīnītiō f (genitive dēfīnītiōnis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|dēfīnītiō<3>}} Forms: dēfīnītiō [canonical, feminine], dēfīnītiōnis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], dēfīnītiō [nominative, singular], dēfīnītiōnēs [nominative, plural], dēfīnītiōnis [genitive, singular], dēfīnītiōnum [genitive, plural], dēfīnītiōnī [dative, singular], dēfīnītiōnibus [dative, plural], dēfīnītiōnem [accusative, singular], dēfīnītiōnēs [accusative, plural], dēfīnītiōne [ablative, singular], dēfīnītiōnibus [ablative, plural], dēfīnītiō [singular, vocative], dēfīnītiōnēs [plural, vocative], dēfēnīciō [alternative], diffīnītiō [alternative]
  1. definition; precise description Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-definitio-la-noun-YMxUsp6K Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tio Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 31 5 38 5 4 17 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 28 13 14 13 11 21 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tio: 32 10 10 10 8 30
  2. specification Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-definitio-la-noun-g64vWjjb
  3. boundary, limit Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-definitio-la-noun-xFOyzTvb Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 31 5 38 5 4 17
  4. explanation Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-definitio-la-noun-94~K5n1K
  5. classification Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-definitio-la-noun-nwyKpSZX
  6. pronouncement, ruling Tags: declension-3 Synonyms (pronouncement, ruling): iūdicium [Classical], perfīnītiō [Mediaeval]
    Sense id: en-definitio-la-noun-y4OQJP9e Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -tio Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 31 5 38 5 4 17 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tio: 32 10 10 10 8 30 Disambiguation of 'pronouncement, ruling': 1 1 1 1 0 97
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          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 0 97",
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  "word": "definitio"
}
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      "word": "iūdicium"
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    {
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        "Mediaeval"
      ],
      "word": "perfīnītiō"
    }
  ],
  "word": "definitio"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-20 using wiktextract (cdfa371 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.