attractio

Latin

Etymology

From attrahō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [atˈtrak.ti.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [at̪ˈt̪rak.t̪͡s̪i.o]

Noun

attractiō f (genitive attractiōnis); third declension

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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.