compunctio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From compungō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

compūnctiō f (genitive compūnctiōnis); third declension

  1. puncture
  2. (Late Latin) prick (e.g. of conscience)
  3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) remorse

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative compūnctiō compūnctiōnēs
genitive compūnctiōnis compūnctiōnum
dative compūnctiōnī compūnctiōnibus
accusative compūnctiōnem compūnctiōnēs
ablative compūnctiōne compūnctiōnibus
vocative compūnctiō compūnctiōnēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: compunció
  • English: compunction
  • French: componction
  • Galician: compunción
  • Italian: compunzione
  • Portuguese: compunção
  • Romanian: compuncțiune
  • Spanish: compunción

References

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