dicatio

== Latin == === Etymology === From dicō (“to dedicate”) + -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [dɪˈkaː.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [diˈkat.t͡si.o] === Noun === dicātiō f (genitive dicātiōnis); third declension a formal declaration of intention to become a citizen a giving of praise (Christianity, as a title) reverence tua dicatio ― Your Reverence ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “dicatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “dicatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers