perditio

Latin

Etymology

From perdo (“I destroy”) +‎ -tiō.

Noun

perditiō f (genitive perditiōnis); third declension

  1. ruin, destruction
    Synonyms: dēstrūctiō, excidium, lētum, ruīna, excidiō, vāstātiō, devāstātiō, pestis, perniciēs, exitium
  2. perdition

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative perditiō perditiōnēs
Genitive perditiōnis perditiōnum
Dative perditiōnī perditiōnibus
Accusative perditiōnem perditiōnēs
Ablative perditiōne perditiōnibus
Vocative perditiō perditiōnēs

Descendants

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