coartatio
Latin
Alternative forms
- coarctātiō
Etymology
From coartō (“to press together, compress, contract, confine”) + -ātiō (“-ation”, action noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ko.arˈtaː.ti.oː/, [koärˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.arˈta.t͡si.o/, [kɔɑrˈt̪ɑːt̪͡s̪iɔ]
Noun
coartātiō f (genitive coartātiōnis); third declension
- (rare) drawing or crowding together
Inflection
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | coartātiō | coartātiōnēs |
| Genitive | coartātiōnis | coartātiōnum |
| Dative | coartātiōnī | coartātiōnibus |
| Accusative | coartātiōnem | coartātiōnēs |
| Ablative | coartātiōne | coartātiōnibus |
| Vocative | coartātiō | coartātiōnēs |
References
- coartatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press