contrectatio
Latin
Alternative forms
- contractātiō
Etymology
contrectō (“to handle, fondle”) + -tiō
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔn.trɛkˈtaː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kon̪.t̪rekˈt̪at̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
contrectātiō f (genitive contrectātiōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | contrectātiō | contrectātiōnēs |
| genitive | contrectātiōnis | contrectātiōnum |
| dative | contrectātiōnī | contrectātiōnibus |
| accusative | contrectātiōnem | contrectātiōnēs |
| ablative | contrectātiōne | contrectātiōnibus |
| vocative | contrectātiō | contrectātiōnēs |
References
- “contrectatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “contrectatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers