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RATIONE, ratione

Sounds Like: rah-tee-OH-neh

Translations: by reason, by means of, on account of, according to, with respect to, for the sake of, in consideration of

From the root: RATIO

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: The word RATIONE is the ablative singular form of the Latin noun RATIO. RATIO generally means 'reason,' 'reckoning,' 'account,' 'method,' 'system,' or 'theory.' As an ablative, RATIONE is used to express various relationships, such as the means by which something is done, the cause or reason for an action, the manner in which something occurs, or the respect in which something is true. It can often be translated with prepositions like 'by,' 'with,' 'on account of,' or 'according to.'

Inflection: Singular, Ablative, Feminine


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Josephus' Against Apion

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, RATIO.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

  • RATIO — reason, reckoning, account, method, system, theory, consideration, calculation, proportion, relationship, plan, principle, faculty of reason
  • RATIONEM — reason, account, method, calculation, system, theory, consideration, a reason, an account, a method, a calculation, a system, a theory, a consideration

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