defensio
Latin
Etymology
From dēfendō + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈfen.si.oː/, [d̪eːˈfẽːs̠ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈfen.si.o/, [d̪eˈfɛnsio]
Noun
dēfēnsiō f (genitive dēfēnsiōnis); third declension
- defence, protection
- Synonyms: vindicātiō, dēfēnsa, prōtēctiō, tūtēla
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dēfēnsiō | dēfēnsiōnēs |
| Genitive | dēfēnsiōnis | dēfēnsiōnum |
| Dative | dēfēnsiōnī | dēfēnsiōnibus |
| Accusative | dēfēnsiōnem | dēfēnsiōnēs |
| Ablative | dēfēnsiōne | dēfēnsiōnibus |
| Vocative | dēfēnsiō | dēfēnsiōnēs |
Descendants
- Italian: difensione (archaic)
- Old French: defension
- Portuguese: defensão
- Spanish: defensión
References
- “defensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “defensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- defensio 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)
- defensio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette