corruptio

Latin

Etymology

From corrumpō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /korˈrup.ti.oː/, [kɔrˈrʊpt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /korˈrup.t͡si.o/, [korˈrupt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

corruptiō f (genitive corruptiōnis); third declension

1. corruption
2. bribery
3. corrupt state or condition

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	corruptiō	corruptiōnēs
Genitive	corruptiōnis	corruptiōnum
Dative	corruptiōnī	corruptiōnibus
Accusative	corruptiōnem	corruptiōnēs
Ablative	corruptiōne	corruptiōnibus
Vocative	corruptiō	corruptiōnēs

Related terms

• corrumpere, corrumpo
• corrupte
• corruptela
• corruptor
• corruptus

Descendants

• → Armenian: կոռուպցիա (koṙupcʻia)
• Asturian: corrupción
• Catalan: corrupció
• → Czech: korupce
• → English: corruption
• → Finnish: korruptio
• Galician: corrupción
• → German: Korruption
• Italian: corruzione
• Occitan: corrupcion
• → Old French: corruption
  • French: corruption
    • → Dutch: corruptie
• → Polish: korupcja
• Portuguese: corrupção
• Romanian: corupție
• → Russian: корру́пция (korrúpcija)
• → Serbo-Croatian: корупција, korupcija
• Sicilian: curruzziuni (older), curruzzioni
• Spanish: corrupción
• → Ukrainian: корупція (korupcija)

References

• “corruptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “corruptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• corruptio 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)
• corruptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.