decertatio

Latin

Etymology

From dēcertō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deː.kerˈtaː.ti.oː/, [d̪eːkɛrˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.t͡ʃerˈtat.t͡si.o/, [d̪et͡ʃerˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

dēcertātiō f (genitive dēcertātiōnis); third declension

1. decisive conflict (or a decision that arose out of conflict)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēcertātiō	dēcertātiōnēs
Genitive	dēcertātiōnis	dēcertātiōnum
Dative	dēcertātiōnī	dēcertātiōnibus
Accusative	dēcertātiōnem	dēcertātiōnēs
Ablative	dēcertātiōne	dēcertātiōnibus
Vocative	dēcertātiō	dēcertātiōnēs

Related terms

• decerto

References

• “decertatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decertatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decertatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.