sanctio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sānktjō. Equivalent to sanciō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

sānctiō f (genitive sānctiōnis); third declension

  1. law, decree
  2. penalty, sanction
    Synonyms: supplicium, poena, pūnītiō, mercēs, vindicātiō, pretium, animadversus, exemplum, malum

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sānctiō sānctiōnēs
genitive sānctiōnis sānctiōnum
dative sānctiōnī sānctiōnibus
accusative sānctiōnem sānctiōnēs
ablative sānctiōne sānctiōnibus
vocative sānctiō sānctiōnēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: sanció
  • Dutch: sanctie
  • English: sanction
  • French: sanction
  • Galician: sanción
  • Italian: sanzione
  • Piedmontese: sansion
  • Portuguese: sanção
  • Romanian: sancțiune
  • Russian: санкция (sankcija)
  • Sicilian: sanziuni
  • Spanish: sanción

References

  • sanctio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • sanctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sanctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sanctio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • sanctio”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly