compunctio

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From compungō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

compūnctiō f (genitive compūnctiōnis); third declension

  1. puncture
  2. (Late Latin) prick (e.g. of conscience)
  3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) remorse

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative compūnctiō compūnctiōnēs
genitive compūnctiōnis compūnctiōnum
dative compūnctiōnī compūnctiōnibus
accusative compūnctiōnem compūnctiōnēs
ablative compūnctiōne compūnctiōnibus
vocative compūnctiō compūnctiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • compunctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • compunctio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.