reductio
Latin
Etymology
From redūcō (“bring back, restore”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈduk.ti.oː/, [rɛˈd̪ʊkt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /reˈduk.t͡si.o/, [reˈd̪ukt̪͡s̪io]
Noun
reductiō f (genitive reductiōnis); third declension
- A bringing back, a leading back.
- A restoring, restoration.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | reductiō | reductiōnēs |
| Genitive | reductiōnis | reductiōnum |
| Dative | reductiōnī | reductiōnibus |
| Accusative | reductiōnem | reductiōnēs |
| Ablative | reductiōne | reductiōnibus |
| Vocative | reductiō | reductiōnēs |
Related terms
- redūcō
- redūctō
- reductor
- reductus
Descendants
- Catalan: reducció
- English: reduction
- French: réduction
- Friulian: riduzion
- Galician: redución
- → German: Reduktion
- Italian: riduzione
- Occitan: reduccion
- Piedmontese: ridussion
- Portuguese: redução
- Romanian: reducție
- Russian: редукция (redukcija)
- Spanish: reducción
References
- “reductio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “reductio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- reductio 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)
- reductio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette