impugnatio

Latin

Etymology

impugnō (“I attack, fight against”) +‎ -tiō (“-tion”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /im.puɡˈnaː.ti.oː/, [ɪmpʊŋˈnäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.puɲˈɲat.t͡si.o/, [impuɲˈɲät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

impugnātiō f (genitive impugnātiōnis); third declension

1. (rare) attack, assault

   Synonyms: aggressiō, impetus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	impugnātiō	impugnātiōnēs
Genitive	impugnātiōnis	impugnātiōnum
Dative	impugnātiōnī	impugnātiōnibus
Accusative	impugnātiōnem	impugnātiōnēs
Ablative	impugnātiōne	impugnātiōnibus
Vocative	impugnātiō	impugnātiōnēs

Descendants

• → Italian: impugnazione
• Spanish: impugnación

References

• “impugnatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• impugnatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.