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contractio
contractio
Latin
Noun
contractiō f (genitive contractiōnis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | contractiō | contractiōnēs |
| genitive | contractiōnis | contractiōnum |
| dative | contractiōnī | contractiōnibus |
| accusative | contractiōnem | contractiōnēs |
| ablative | contractiōne | contractiōnibus |
| vocative | contractiō | contractiōnēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: contraction
- French: contraction
- Galician: contracción
- Russian: контра́кция (kontrákcija)
- Spanish: contracción
References
- contractio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- contractio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CONTRACTIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “contractio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.