constrictio

Latin

Etymology

From constringō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈstrik.ti.oː/, [kõːˈs̠t̪rɪkt̪ioː]

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

Noun

cōnstrictiō f (genitive cōnstrictiōnis); third declension

(post-classical) a binding or drawing together
- c. 500 CE, Palladius, Opus Agriculturae 4.1.3
- Scribonius Largo, Compositiones 84.5
a binding of the bowels
- c. 431 CE, Macrobius, Saturnalia 7.6

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōnstrictiō	cōnstrictiōnēs
Genitive	cōnstrictiōnis	cōnstrictiōnum
Dative	cōnstrictiōnī	cōnstrictiōnibus
Accusative	cōnstrictiōnem	cōnstrictiōnēs
Ablative	cōnstrictiōne	cōnstrictiōnibus
Vocative	cōnstrictiō	cōnstrictiōnēs

References

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

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