contractio

Latin

Etymology

From contrahō (“draw together, shorten”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

contractiō f (genitive contractiōnis); third declension

  1. a contraction, drawing together
  2. abridgment, shortening
  3. dejection, despondency

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative contractiō contractiōnēs
Genitive contractiōnis contractiōnum
Dative contractiōnī contractiōnibus
Accusative contractiōnem contractiōnēs
Ablative contractiōne contractiōnibus
Vocative contractiō contractiōnēs

Descendants

References
  • “contractio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “contractio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • contractio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • contractio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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