astrictio

Latin

Alternative forms

adstrictiō

Etymology

From astringō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /asˈtrik.ti.oː/, [äs̠ˈt̪rɪkt̪ioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈtrik.t͡si.o/, [äsˈt̪rikt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

astrictiō f (genitive astrictiōnis); third declension

a power of contracting; astringency
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 27.83
the act of sharpening
- 438 CE, Codex Theodosianus 1.4.3

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	astrictiō	astrictiōnēs
Genitive	astrictiōnis	astrictiōnum
Dative	astrictiōnī	astrictiōnibus
Accusative	astrictiōnem	astrictiōnēs
Ablative	astrictiōne	astrictiōnibus
Vocative	astrictiō	astrictiōnēs

References

“astrictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
astrictio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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