refractio

Latin

Etymology

refringō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈfraːk.ti.oː/, [rɛˈfräːkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈfrak.t͡si.o/, [reˈfräkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

refrāctiō f (genitive refrāctiōnis); third declension

1. (physics, Medieval Latin) refraction

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	refrāctiō	refrāctiōnēs
Genitive	refrāctiōnis	refrāctiōnum
Dative	refrāctiōnī	refrāctiōnibus
Accusative	refrāctiōnem	refrāctiōnēs
Ablative	refrāctiōne	refrāctiōnibus
Vocative	refrāctiō	refrāctiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: refracció
• French: réfraction
• Galician: refracción
• German: Refraktion
• Italian: rifrazione
• Occitan: refraccion
• Portuguese: refração
• Russian: рефракция (refrakcija)
• Spanish: refracción

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “refractio”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC