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distractio
distractio
Latin
Noun
distractiō f (genitive distractiōnis); third declension
- A dragging apart; a pulling away; an act of separating or dividing
- (figuratively) Something that causes people to turn away from each other or their activity; discord; a distraction
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | distractiō | distractiōnēs |
| genitive | distractiōnis | distractiōnum |
| dative | distractiōnī | distractiōnibus |
| accusative | distractiōnem | distractiōnēs |
| ablative | distractiōne | distractiōnibus |
| vocative | distractiō | distractiōnēs |
Descendants
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References
- distractio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- distractio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- DISTRACTIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “distractio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.