proportio
Latin
Etymology
From prō- (“for, before”) + portiō (“share, part”).
Noun
prōportiō f (genitive prōportiōnis); third declension
- proportion
- symmetry
- analogy
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prōportiō | prōportiōnēs |
| Genitive | prōportiōnis | prōportiōnum |
| Dative | prōportiōnī | prōportiōnibus |
| Accusative | prōportiōnem | prōportiōnēs |
| Ablative | prōportiōne | prōportiōnibus |
| Vocative | prōportiō | prōportiōnēs |
Descendants
- → Asturian: proporción
- → Catalan: proporció
- → Esperanto: proporcio
- → Georgian: პროპორცია (ṗroṗorcia)
- → Galician: proporción
- → Interlingua: proportion
- → Italian: proporzione
- → Old French: proportion
- French: proportion
- → German: Proportion
- → Middle English: proporcion
- English: proportion
- French: proportion
- → Polish: proporcja
- → Romanian: proporție, proporțiune
- → Russian: пропо́рция (propórcija)
- → Spanish: proporción
See also
- ratiō
References
- “proportio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “proportio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- proportio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- proportio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016