detectio

Latin

Etymology

From detego (to uncover, to discover, to detect) + -tio (-tion: forming nouns), from de- (un-) + tego (to cover, to hide).

Pronunciation

Noun

dētēctiō f (genitive dētēctiōnis); third declension

  1. uncovering, variously
    1. discovery, the act or process of learning something new
    2. accusation, the act or process of exposing hidden crime or heresy
    3. detection, the act or process of finding out something hidden

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dētēctiō dētēctiōnēs
Genitive dētēctiōnis dētēctiōnum
Dative dētēctiōnī dētēctiōnibus
Accusative dētēctiōnem dētēctiōnēs
Ablative dētēctiōne dētēctiōnibus
Vocative dētēctiō dētēctiōnēs

Descendants

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