finitio
Latin
Etymology
From fīniō (“finish; limit; appoint”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fiːˈniː.ti.oː/, [fiːˈniːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fiˈnit.t͡si.o/, [fiˈnit̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
fīnītiō f (genitive fīnītiōnis); third declension
- A limiting, limit, boundary, frontier; rule, law; restriction; end, ending, conclusion.
- A determining, assigning; definition, explanation.
- A division, part.
- Completeness; end of life; death.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fīnītiō | fīnītiōnēs |
| Genitive | fīnītiōnis | fīnītiōnum |
| Dative | fīnītiōnī | fīnītiōnibus |
| Accusative | fīnītiōnem | fīnītiōnēs |
| Ablative | fīnītiōne | fīnītiōnibus |
| Vocative | fīnītiō | fīnītiōnēs |
Derived terms
- perfīnītiō (Mediaeval Latin)
Related terms
- fīnālis
- fīniēns
- fīniō
- fīnis
- fīnitimus
- fīnītīvus
- fīnītor
- fīnītus
Descendants
- English: -finition
- French: finition, -finition
- Italian: finizione, -finizione
- Portuguese: -finição
- Spanish: -finición
References
- “finitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- finitio 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)
- finitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette