attractio

Latin

Etymology

From attrahō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /atˈtrak.ti.oː/, [ät̪ˈt̪räkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /atˈtrak.t͡si.o/, [ät̪ˈt̪räkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

attractiō f (genitive attractiōnis); third declension

1. contraction
2. attraction

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	attractiō	attractiōnēs
Genitive	attractiōnis	attractiōnum
Dative	attractiōnī	attractiōnibus
Accusative	attractiōnem	attractiōnēs
Ablative	attractiōne	attractiōnibus
Vocative	attractiō	attractiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: atracció
• Old French: attraction
  • French: attraction
    • → Hungarian: attrakció
  • Dutch: attractie
  • Romanian: atracție
• Galician: atracción
• German: Attraktion
• Italian: attrazione
• Occitan: atraccion
• Portuguese: atração
• Russian: аттра́кция (attrákcija)
• Spanish: atracción

References

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