compactio

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Latin

Etymology

compāctus, perfect passive participle of compingō +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

Noun

compāctiō f (genitive compāctiōnis); third declension

  1. joining together
  2. that which is joined together; a framework

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative compāctiō compāctiōnēs
genitive compāctiōnis compāctiōnum
dative compāctiōnī compāctiōnibus
accusative compāctiōnem compāctiōnēs
ablative compāctiōne compāctiōnibus
vocative compāctiō compāctiōnēs

References

  • compactio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • compactio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers