Latin

Noun

ēruptiō f ‎(genitive ēruptiōnis); third declension

1. an eruption
2. outburst
3. (military) onrush, onslaught

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• English: eruption
• French: éruption
• Italian: eruzione
• Portuguese: erupção
• Spanish: erupción

References

• eruptio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• eruptio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “eruptio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • an eruption of Etna: eruptiones ignium Aetnaeorum
    
  • to make a sally, sortie from the town: eruptionem facere ex oppido