constitutio

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Latin

Etymology

From cōnstituō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

cōnstitūtiō f (genitive cōnstitūtiōnis); third declension

  1. a constitution, disposition, nature, character
  2. a definition; point in dispute
  3. a regulation, order, arrangement, system

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cōnstitūtiō cōnstitūtiōnēs
Genitive cōnstitūtiōnis cōnstitūtiōnum
Dative cōnstitūtiōnī cōnstitūtiōnibus
Accusative cōnstitūtiōnem cōnstitūtiōnēs
Ablative cōnstitūtiōne cōnstitūtiōnibus
Vocative cōnstitūtiō cōnstitūtiōnēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • constitutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • constitutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • constitutio 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)
  • constitutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a good constitution: firma corporis constitutio or affectio