Latin edit

Etymology edit

dēmōlior +‎ -tiō

Noun edit

dēmōlītiō f (genitive dēmōlītiōnis); third declension

  1. demolition
    Synonyms: dēstrūctiō, lētum, ruīna, excidium, vāstātiō, devāstātiō, perniciēs, exitium

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēmōlītiō dēmōlītiōnēs
Genitive dēmōlītiōnis dēmōlītiōnum
Dative dēmōlītiōnī dēmōlītiōnibus
Accusative dēmōlītiōnem dēmōlītiōnēs
Ablative dēmōlītiōne dēmōlītiōnibus
Vocative dēmōlītiō dēmōlītiōnēs

Descendants edit

References edit

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