evolutio

== Latin == === Etymology === From ēvolvere, ēvolvō + -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eː.wɔˈɫuː.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.voˈlut.t͡si.o] === Noun === ēvolūtiō f (genitive ēvolūtiōnis); third declension The act of unrolling or opening a book; reading. Cicero, De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “evolutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “evolutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “evolutio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.