acervatio

English

Etymology

From Latin acervātiō (“heaping up”), from acervō (“heap up”) + -ātiō. Doublet of acervation.

Noun

acervatio (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) Departing from the normal syntax of a series to increase its effect.

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Latin

Etymology

From acervō (“heap up”) +‎ -tiō.

Noun

acervātiō f (genitive acervātiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of heaping or piling up, accumulation.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative acervātiō acervātiōnēs
Genitive acervātiōnis acervātiōnum
Dative acervātiōnī acervātiōnibus
Accusative acervātiōnem acervātiōnēs
Ablative acervātiōne acervātiōnibus
Vocative acervātiō acervātiōnēs

Descendants
  • English: acervatio
  • Portuguese: acervação

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