distentio

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Latin

Etymology

From distendō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

distentiō f (genitive distentiōnis); third declension

  1. spasm
  2. distortion, distension

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative distentiō distentiōnēs
genitive distentiōnis distentiōnum
dative distentiōnī distentiōnibus
accusative distentiōnem distentiōnēs
ablative distentiōne distentiōnibus
vocative distentiō distentiōnēs

Descendants

References

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