Latin

Noun

cōnstitūtiō f ‎(genitive cōnstitūtiōnis); third declension

1. a constitution, disposition, nature, character
2. a definition; point in dispute
3. a regulation, order, arrangement, system

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• cōnstitūtiōnārius

Related terms

Descendants

• English: constitution
• French: constitution
• Italian: costituzione
• Russian: конститу́ция ‎(konstitúcija)
• Spanish: constitución

References

• constitutio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• constitutio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CONSTITUTIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “constitutio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a good constitution: firma corporis constitutio or affectio