exstinctio

Latin

Etymology

extinguo +‎ -tio.

Noun

exstīnctiō f (genitive exstīnctiōnis); third declension

  1. annihilation, slaughter, extinction
    Synonyms: interitus, perniciēs, pestis, clādēs, exitium
  2. dissolution

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative exstīnctiō exstīnctiōnēs
genitive exstīnctiōnis exstīnctiōnum
dative exstīnctiōnī exstīnctiōnibus
accusative exstīnctiōnem exstīnctiōnēs
ablative exstīnctiōne exstīnctiōnibus
vocative exstīnctiō exstīnctiōnēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: extinció
  • English: extinction
  • French: extinction
  • Italian: estinzione
  • Portuguese: extinção
  • Romanian: extincție
  • Russian: экстинкция (ekstinkcija)
  • Spanish: extinción

References

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