constitutio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.stiˈtuː.ti.oː/, [kõːs̠t̪ɪˈt̪uːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.stiˈtut.t͡si.o/, [konst̪iˈt̪ut̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun edit
cōnstitūtiō f (genitive cōnstitūtiōnis); third declension
- a constitution, disposition, nature, character
- a definition; point in dispute
- a regulation, order, arrangement, system
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cōnstitūtiō | cōnstitūtiōnēs |
| Genitive | cōnstitūtiōnis | cōnstitūtiōnum |
| Dative | cōnstitūtiōnī | cōnstitūtiōnibus |
| Accusative | cōnstitūtiōnem | cōnstitūtiōnēs |
| Ablative | cōnstitūtiōne | cōnstitūtiōnibus |
| Vocative | cōnstitūtiō | cōnstitūtiōnēs |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: constitució
- English: constitution
- French: constitution
- Galician: constitución
- Italian: costituzione
- Occitan: constitucion
- Portuguese: constituição
- Romanian: constituție
- Russian: конститу́ция (konstitúcija)
- Spanish: constitución
- Polish: konstytucja
References edit
- “constitutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “constitutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- constitutio 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)
- constitutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a good constitution: firma corporis constitutio or affectio
- a good constitution: firma corporis constitutio or affectio