exploratio

== Latin == === Etymology === explōrō (“to explore, investigate”) +‎ -tiō === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛk.spɫoːˈraː.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ek.sploˈrat.t͡si.o] === Noun === explōrātiō f (genitive explōrātiōnis); third declension an examination, exploration (military) spying ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: exploració → French: exploration→ Dutch: exploratie→ Indonesian: eksplorasi → Italian: esplorazione → Portuguese: exploração → Romanian: explorație → Spanish: exploración === References === “exploratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “exploratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers