redemptio

Latin

Etymology

From redimō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈdeːmp.ti.oː/, [rɛˈd̪eːmpt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈdemp.t͡si.o/, [reˈd̪ɛmpt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

redēmptiō f (genitive redēmptiōnis); third declension

1. redemption, redeeming (buying back)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	redēmptiō	redēmptiōnēs
Genitive	redēmptiōnis	redēmptiōnum
Dative	redēmptiōnī	redēmptiōnibus
Accusative	redēmptiōnem	redēmptiōnēs
Ablative	redēmptiōne	redēmptiōnibus
Vocative	redēmptiō	redēmptiōnēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: redempció
• Old French: raençon
  • French: rançon
  • → English: ransom
• → English: redemption
• → French: rédemption
  • → Romanian: redempțiune
• → Italian: redenzione
• → Portuguese: redenção
• → Spanish: redención

References

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