coniunctio

Latin

Alternative forms

• conjūnctiō

Etymology

From coniūngō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈi̯uːnk.ti.oː/, [kɔnˈi̯uːŋkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈjunk.t͡si.o/, [konˈjuŋkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

coniūnctiō f (genitive coniūnctiōnis); third declension

1. (grammar) conjunction
2. combination
3. association, affinity, relationship

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coniūnctiō	coniūnctiōnēs
Genitive	coniūnctiōnis	coniūnctiōnum
Dative	coniūnctiōnī	coniūnctiōnibus
Accusative	coniūnctiōnem	coniūnctiōnēs
Ablative	coniūnctiōne	coniūnctiōnibus
Vocative	coniūnctiō	coniūnctiōnēs

Descendants

• Asturian: conxunción
• Catalan: conjunció
• Galician: conxunción
• → German: Konjunktion
• Italian: congiunzione
• → Occitan: conjoncion
• Old French: conjonction
  • → English: conjunction
  • French: conjonction
• Portuguese: conjunção
• Romanian: conjuncție
• → Russian: конъю́нкция (konʺjúnkcija)
• Sicilian: cungiunzioni, cugnunzioni, cuniunzioni, cunjunzioni
  • → Maltese: konġunzjoni
• Spanish: conjunción

References

• “coniunctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers