Latin edit

Etymology edit

From trāns +‎ itiō.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

trānsitiō f (genitive trānsitiōnis); third declension

  1. transit, transition, passage
  2. desertion
  3. infection, contagion

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trānsitiō trānsitiōnēs
Genitive trānsitiōnis trānsitiōnum
Dative trānsitiōnī trānsitiōnibus
Accusative trānsitiōnem trānsitiōnēs
Ablative trānsitiōne trānsitiōnibus
Vocative trānsitiō trānsitiōnēs

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References edit

  • transitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • transitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • transitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to transfer oneself from the patrician to the plebeian order: transitio ad plebem (Brut. 16. 62)