tuitio
Latin
Etymology
From tuitus (“guarded, cared for, defended”) + -tiō, the perfect passive participle of tueor (“to watch, guard; care for, protect, defend; uphold, maintain, preserve”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tuˈi.ti.oː/, [t̪uˈɪt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tuˈit.t͡si.o/, [t̪uˈit̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
tuitiō f (genitive tuitiōnis); third declension
- a watching over, guarding; defense, guard, protection
- a taking care of, caring for; guardianship, care
- a keeping, maintaining, preserving, upholding; maintenance, preservation
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tuitiō | tuitiōnēs |
| Genitive | tuitiōnis | tuitiōnum |
| Dative | tuitiōnī | tuitiōnibus |
| Accusative | tuitiōnem | tuitiōnēs |
| Ablative | tuitiōne | tuitiōnibus |
| Vocative | tuitiō | tuitiōnēs |
Descendants
- Old French: tuicion, tuition
- Middle English: tuicion, tuicyon
- English: tuition
- Middle English: tuicion, tuicyon
- Portuguese: tuição
- Spanish: tuición
Further reading
- “tuitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tuitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tuitio 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)
- tuitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1610
- tuitio in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, volume 2, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3249
- tuition in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911