demolitio

Latin

Etymology

dēmōlior +‎ -tiō

Noun

dēmōlītiō f (genitive dēmōlītiōnis); third declension

  1. demolition
    Synonyms: dēstrūctiō, lētum, ruīna, excidium, vāstātiō, devāstātiō, perniciēs, exitium

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dēmōlītiō dēmōlītiōnēs
genitive dēmōlītiōnis dēmōlītiōnum
dative dēmōlītiōnī dēmōlītiōnibus
accusative dēmōlītiōnem dēmōlītiōnēs
ablative dēmōlītiōne dēmōlītiōnibus
vocative dēmōlītiō dēmōlītiōnēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: demolició
  • French: démolition
  • Galician: demolición
  • Italian: demolizione
  • Occitan: demolicion
  • Portuguese: demolição
  • Spanish: demolición

References

  • demolitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • demolitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "demolitio", 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)
  • demolitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.