oppugnatio

oppugnatio

Latin

Etymology

From oppugnō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /op.puɡˈnaː.ti.oː/, [ɔpːʊŋˈnäːt̪ioː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /op.puɲˈɲat.t͡si.o/, [opːuɲˈɲät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

oppugnātiō f (genitive oppugnātiōnis); third declension

1. assault, attack

   Synonyms: impetus, invāsiō, assultus, aggressiō, appetītus, concursus, occursĭo, incursus, petītiō, incursiō, vīs, ictus, procella

2. siege

   Synonym: obsidiō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oppugnātiō	oppugnātiōnēs
Genitive	oppugnātiōnis	oppugnātiōnum
Dative	oppugnātiōnī	oppugnātiōnibus
Accusative	oppugnātiōnem	oppugnātiōnēs
Ablative	oppugnātiōne	oppugnātiōnibus
Vocative	oppugnātiō	oppugnātiōnēs

References

• “oppugnatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “oppugnatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• oppugnatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to give up an assault, a siege: oppugnationem, obsidionem relinquere