Latin

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Etymology

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    From ablaqueō (loosen the soil around a tree) + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    ablaqueātiō f (genitive ablaqueātiōnis); third declension

    1. The process or act of digging or loosening the soil around the roots of a tree.
    2. The trench made by digging of the soil around the tree.

    Declension

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    Third-declension noun.

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    Descendants

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    References

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    • ablaqueatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • ablaqueatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.