Latin edit

Etymology edit

Derived from the root of mingō (I urinate) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mīnctiō f (genitive mīnctiōnis); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) urination

Inflection edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mīnctiō mīnctiōnēs
Genitive mīnctiōnis mīnctiōnum
Dative mīnctiōnī mīnctiōnibus
Accusative mīnctiōnem mīnctiōnēs
Ablative mīnctiōne mīnctiōnibus
Vocative mīnctiō mīnctiōnēs

Descendants edit

  • Italian: minzione

References edit

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