diffusio
Latin
Etymology
diffūsus, perfect passive participle of diffundō + -tiō
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /difˈfuː.si.oː/, [d̪ɪfˈfuːs̠ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /difˈfu.si.o/, [d̪ifˈfuːs̬iɔ]
Noun
diffūsiō f (genitive diffūsiōnis); third declension
- spreading out, increase in extent or breadth
- cheerfulness
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | diffūsiō | diffūsiōnēs |
Genitive | diffūsiōnis | diffūsiōnum |
Dative | diffūsiōnī | diffūsiōnibus |
Accusative | diffūsiōnem | diffūsiōnēs |
Ablative | diffūsiōne | diffūsiōnibus |
Vocative | diffūsiō | diffūsiōnēs |
Derived terms
- diffūsīvus
Descendants
- → Catalan: difusió
- → English: diffusion
- → French: diffusion
- → Italian: diffusione
- → Portuguese: difusão
- → Russian: диффузия (diffuzija)
- → Spanish: difusión
- Translingual: Wiktionary:Requested entries:Latin/Lewis & Short/D
References
- diffusio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- diffusio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette