attractio

Latin

Etymology

From attrahō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /atˈtrak.ti.oː/, [ät̪ˈt̪räkt̪ioː]

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

Noun

attractiō f (genitive attractiōnis); third declension

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	attractiō	attractiōnēs
Genitive	attractiōnis	attractiōnum
Dative	attractiōnī	attractiōnibus
Accusative	attractiōnem	attractiōnēs
Ablative	attractiōne	attractiōnibus
Vocative	attractiō	attractiōnēs

Descendants

Catalan: atracció
Old French: attraction
- French: attraction
  - → Hungarian: attrakció
- Dutch: attractie
- Romanian: atracție
Galician: atracción
German: Attraktion
Italian: attrazione
Occitan: atraccion
Portuguese: atração
Russian: аттра́кция (attrákcija)
Spanish: atracción

References

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

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