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Latin

Etymology

From contignō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

contignātiō f (genitive contignātiōnis); third declension

  1. rafters
  2. floor, story

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative contignātiō contignātiōnēs
genitive contignātiōnis contignātiōnum
dative contignātiōnī contignātiōnibus
accusative contignātiōnem contignātiōnēs
ablative contignātiōne contignātiōnibus
vocative contignātiō contignātiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • contignatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • contignatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • contignatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.