Latin edit

Etymology edit

extinguo +‎ -tio.

Noun edit

exstīnctiō f (genitive exstīnctiōnis); third declension

  1. annihilation, slaughter, extinction
    Synonyms: interitus, perniciēs, pestis, clādēs, exitium
  2. dissolution

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative exstīnctiō exstīnctiōnēs
Genitive exstīnctiōnis exstīnctiōnum
Dative exstīnctiōnī exstīnctiōnibus
Accusative exstīnctiōnem exstīnctiōnēs
Ablative exstīnctiōne exstīnctiōnibus
Vocative exstīnctiō exstīnctiōnēs

Descendants edit

References edit

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