melioratio

Latin

Etymology

From meliōrō (“I make better”) +‎ -tiō, the former part being from melior (“better”).

Pronunciation

Noun

meliōrātiō f (genitive meliōrātiōnis); third declension

  1. melioration (improvement)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative meliōrātiō meliōrātiōnēs
Genitive meliōrātiōnis meliōrātiōnum
Dative meliōrātiōnī meliōrātiōnibus
Accusative meliōrātiōnem meliōrātiōnēs
Ablative meliōrātiōne meliōrātiōnibus
Vocative meliōrātiō meliōrātiōnēs

References
  • “melioratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • melioratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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