detractio

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Latin

Etymology

From dētrahō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

dētractiō f (genitive dētractiōnis); third declension

  1. withdrawal
  2. purging
  3. detraction, slander

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dētractiō dētractiōnēs
Genitive dētractiōnis dētractiōnum
Dative dētractiōnī dētractiōnibus
Accusative dētractiōnem dētractiōnēs
Ablative dētractiōne dētractiōnibus
Vocative dētractiō dētractiōnēs

References

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