benedictio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /be.neˈdik.ti.oː/, [bɛnɛˈd̪ɪkt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /be.neˈdik.t͡si.o/, [beneˈd̪ikt̪͡s̪io]
Noun edit
benedictiō f (genitive benedictiōnis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | benedictiō | benedictiōnēs |
| Genitive | benedictiōnis | benedictiōnum |
| Dative | benedictiōnī | benedictiōnibus |
| Accusative | benedictiōnem | benedictiōnēs |
| Ablative | benedictiōne | benedictiōnibus |
| Vocative | benedictiō | benedictiōnēs |
Descendants edit
- Old French: beneison, beneïson
- → English: benison
- → Proto-Brythonic: *bendiθ (see there for further descendants)
- → Catalan: benedicció
- → English: benediction
- → French: bénédiction
- → Galician: bendición
- → Old Irish: bennacht
- → Italian: benedizione
- Old Galician-Portuguese: bẽeiçon
- → Old Spanish: bendicion
- Spanish: bendición
References edit
- “benedictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- benedictio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- benedictio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.