defensio
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈfẽː.si.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪eˈfɛn.si.o]
Noun
dēfēnsiō f (genitive dēfēnsiōnis); third declension
- defence, protection
- Synonyms: vindicātiō, dēfēnsa, prōtēctiō, tūtēla
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēfēnsiō | dēfēnsiōnēs |
| genitive | dēfēnsiōnis | dēfēnsiōnum |
| dative | dēfēnsiōnī | dēfēnsiōnibus |
| accusative | dēfēnsiōnem | dēfēnsiōnēs |
| ablative | dēfēnsiōne | dēfēnsiōnibus |
| vocative | dēfēnsiō | dēfēnsiōnēs |
Descendants
- Italian: difensione (archaic)
- Old French: defension
- Portuguese: defensão
- Romanian: defensie
- Spanish: defensión
References
- “defensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “defensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "defensio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- defensio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.