retractio
Latin
Etymology
From retrahō + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈtrak.ti.oː/, [rɛˈt̪räkt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /reˈtrak.t͡si.o/, [reˈt̪räkt̪͡s̪io]
Noun
retractiō f (genitive retractiōnis); third declension
- a drawing back, retreating
- c. 80 — c. 70 BC, Vitruvius, De Architectura, 3.4.4
- a diminishing
- c. 370 — c. 430, Macrobius, Saturnalia, 1.12.5
- hesitation, refusal
- c. 225 — c. 330, Arnobius, Adversus Nationes, 5.162.3
- a diminishing
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | retractiō | retractiōnēs |
| Genitive | retractiōnis | retractiōnum |
| Dative | retractiōnī | retractiōnibus |
| Accusative | retractiōnem | retractiōnēs |
| Ablative | retractiōne | retractiōnibus |
| Vocative | retractiō | retractiōnēs |
Descendants
- English: retraction
- French: rétraction
- Italian: retrazione
- Portuguese: retração
- Spanish: retracción
References
- “retractio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- retractio 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)
- retractio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette