confractio

Latin

Etymology

From cōnfrangō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈfraːk.ti.oː/, [kõːˈfräːkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈfrak.t͡si.o/, [koɱˈfräkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

cōnfrāctiō f (genitive cōnfrāctiōnis); third declension

1. breach, rupture
2. fracture

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōnfrāctiō	cōnfrāctiōnēs
Genitive	cōnfrāctiōnis	cōnfrāctiōnum
Dative	cōnfrāctiōnī	cōnfrāctiōnibus
Accusative	cōnfrāctiōnem	cōnfrāctiōnēs
Ablative	cōnfrāctiōne	cōnfrāctiōnibus
Vocative	cōnfrāctiō	cōnfrāctiōnēs

References

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