subductio

Latin

Etymology

subdūcō +‎ -tio.

Pronunciation

Noun

subductiō f (genitive subductiōnis); third declension

  1. (mathematics) subtraction
  2. (geology) subduction
  3. (nautical) beaching (hauling ashore of a vessel)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative subductiō subductiōnēs
genitive subductiōnis subductiōnum
dative subductiōnī subductiōnibus
accusative subductiōnem subductiōnēs
ablative subductiōne subductiōnibus
vocative subductiō subductiōnēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: subducció
  • French: subduction
  • Italian: subduzione
  • Portuguese: subdução
  • Russian: субдукция (subdukcija)
  • Spanish: subducción

References

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