contractio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From contrahō (“draw together, shorten”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈtrak.ti.oː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪räkt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈtrak.t͡si.o/, [kon̪ˈt̪räkt̪͡s̪io]
Noun edit
contractiō f (genitive contractiōnis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | contractiō | contractiōnēs |
| Genitive | contractiōnis | contractiōnum |
| Dative | contractiōnī | contractiōnibus |
| Accusative | contractiōnem | contractiōnēs |
| Ablative | contractiōne | contractiōnibus |
| Vocative | contractiō | contractiōnēs |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: contracció
- English: contraction
- French: contraction
- Galician: contracción
- Italian: contrazione
- Portuguese: contração
- Romanian: contracție
- Russian: контра́кция (kontrákcija)
- Spanish: contracción
References edit
- “contractio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “contractio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- contractio 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)
- contractio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.