protractio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proːˈtrak.ti.oː/, [proːˈt̪räkt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈtrak.t͡si.o/, [proˈt̪räkt̪͡s̪io]
Noun edit
prōtractiō f (genitive prōtractiōnis); third declension
- (post-Classical) a drawing out, lengthening, protraction
- c. 370 — c. 430, Macrobius, Somnium Scipionis, 1.12.5
- c. 485 — c. 585, Cassiodorus Variarium, 12.2
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prōtractiō | prōtractiōnēs |
| Genitive | prōtractiōnis | prōtractiōnum |
| Dative | prōtractiōnī | prōtractiōnibus |
| Accusative | prōtractiōnem | prōtractiōnēs |
| Ablative | prōtractiōne | prōtractiōnibus |
| Vocative | prōtractiō | prōtractiōnēs |
References edit
- “protractio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- protractio 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)
- protractio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.