sublatio

Latin

Etymology

From sublātus, perfect passive participle of tollō (“raise, elevate; remove”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sʊbˈɫaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [subˈlat.t͡si.o]

Noun

sublātiō f (genitive sublātiōnis); third declension

1. elevation, lifting (the act of lifting or raising up)
2. removal, sublation (the act of taking away)
3. (law) an abrogation, annulling
4. (in rhythm) an upward beat
5. (figuratively) elevation, exaltation, elation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sublātiō	sublātiōnēs
genitive	sublātiōnis	sublātiōnum
dative	sublātiōnī	sublātiōnibus
accusative	sublātiōnem	sublātiōnēs
ablative	sublātiōne	sublātiōnibus
vocative	sublātiō	sublātiōnēs

Derived terms

• sublātiō a terra
• sublātiō lībrāmentōrum
• sublātiō super scamnum
• sublātiō super tergum

Related terms

• sublātē
• sublātus
• tollēnō
• tollō

Descendants

• English: sublation

References

• “sublatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sublatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sublatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.