Latin

Noun

mūnītiō f ‎(genitive mūnītiōnis); third declension

1. a defending, fortifying, protecting
2. defence, fortification, rampart
3. a repairing of roads
4. (figuratively) a support for a cause

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• mūniō

Descendants

• English: munition
• French: munition
• Norman: meunition
• Spanish: munición

References

• munitio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• munitio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MUNITIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “munitio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to break through the lines (and relieve a town): munitiones perrumpere
    
• munitio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016