Latin edit

Etymology edit

Literally, “leading across”, from trādūcō (lead across), from trāns (across) + dūcō (lead).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

trāductiō f (genitive trāductiōnis); third declension

  1. transferring
  2. (rhetoric) metonymy
  3. (rhetoric) repetition of the same word
  4. translation
  5. temporis, passage of time, lapse of time

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trāductiō trāductiōnēs
Genitive trāductiōnis trāductiōnum
Dative trāductiōnī trāductiōnibus
Accusative trāductiōnem trāductiōnēs
Ablative trāductiōne trāductiōnibus
Vocative trāductiō trāductiōnēs

Descendants edit

References edit

  • traductio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • traductio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • traductio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to transfer oneself from the patrician to the plebeian order: traductio ad plebem
  • traductio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016