cavillatio

Latin

Etymology

cavillor (“to jeer, mock”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.u̯ilˈlaː.ti.oː/, [käu̯ɪlˈlʲäːt̪ioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.vilˈlat.t͡si.o/, [kävilˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

cavillātiō f (genitive cavillātiōnis); third declension

jeering, scoffing
irony in jest or in earnest
an empty, sophistical discourse; sophistry

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cavillātiō	cavillātiōnēs
Genitive	cavillātiōnis	cavillātiōnum
Dative	cavillātiōnī	cavillātiōnibus
Accusative	cavillātiōnem	cavillātiōnēs
Ablative	cavillātiōne	cavillātiōnibus
Vocative	cavillātiō	cavillātiōnēs

References

“cavillatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“cavillatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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