protectio

Latin

Etymology

From prōtegō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈteːk.ti.oː/, [proːˈt̪eːkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈtek.t͡si.o/, [proˈt̪ɛkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

prōtēctiō f (genitive prōtēctiōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin, rare) protection; shelter

   Synonyms: dēfēnsiō, dēfēnsa, vindicātiō, tūtēla

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prōtēctiō	prōtēctiōnēs
Genitive	prōtēctiōnis	prōtēctiōnum
Dative	prōtēctiōnī	prōtēctiōnibus
Accusative	prōtēctiōnem	prōtēctiōnēs
Ablative	prōtēctiōne	prōtēctiōnibus
Vocative	prōtēctiō	prōtēctiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: protecció
• → Czech: protekce
• Galician: protección
• Italian: protezione
• Old French: protection
  • → English: protection
  • French: protection
    • Haitian Creole: pwoteksyon
• → Portuguese: proteção
• Romanian: protecție
• Spanish: protección
• → Russian: проте́кция (protékcija)

References

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