distinctio
Latin
Etymology
distinguo + -tio.
Noun
distīnctiō f (genitive distīnctiōnis); third declension
- difference, distinction
- (grammar) sign of interpunction, punctuation mark
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | distīnctiō | distīnctiōnēs |
| Genitive | distīnctiōnis | distīnctiōnum |
| Dative | distīnctiōnī | distīnctiōnibus |
| Accusative | distīnctiōnem | distīnctiōnēs |
| Ablative | distīnctiōne | distīnctiōnibus |
| Vocative | distīnctiō | distīnctiōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: distinció
- English: distinction
- French: distinction
- Italian: distinzione
- Piedmontese: distinsion
- Portuguese: distinção
- Romanian: distincție
- Spanish: distinción
References
- “distinctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “distinctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- distinctio 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)
- distinctio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette