cavillatio

Latin

Etymology

cavillor (“to jeer, mock”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.u̯ilˈlaː.ti.oː/, [käu̯ɪlˈlʲäːt̪ioː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.vilˈlat.t͡si.o/, [kävilˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

cavillātiō f (genitive cavillātiōnis); third declension

  1. jeering, scoffing
  2. irony in jest or in earnest
  3. an empty, sophistical discourse; sophistry

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cavillātiō cavillātiōnēs
Genitive cavillātiōnis cavillātiōnum
Dative cavillātiōnī cavillātiōnibus
Accusative cavillātiōnem cavillātiōnēs
Ablative cavillātiōne cavillātiōnibus
Vocative cavillātiō cavillātiōnēs

References
  • “cavillatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cavillatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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