diffusio

Latin

Etymology

diffūsus, perfect passive participle of diffundō +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /difˈfuː.si.oː/, [d̪ɪfˈfuːs̠ioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /difˈfu.si.o/, [d̪ifˈfuːs̬io]

Noun

diffūsiō f (genitive diffūsiōnis); third declension

spreading out, increase in extent or breadth
cheerfulness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	diffūsiō	diffūsiōnēs
Genitive	diffūsiōnis	diffūsiōnum
Dative	diffūsiōnī	diffūsiōnibus
Accusative	diffūsiōnem	diffūsiōnēs
Ablative	diffūsiōne	diffūsiōnibus
Vocative	diffūsiō	diffūsiōnēs

Derived terms

diffūsīvus

Descendants

→ Catalan: difusió
→ English: diffusion
→ French: diffusion
→ Italian: diffusione
→ Portuguese: difusão
→ Russian: диффузия (diffuzija)
→ Sicilian: diffusiuni
→ Spanish: difusión
Translingual: Diffusilina

References

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

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