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Latin
Etymology
From mūniō (“fortify, defend (with a wall)”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
mūnītiō f (genitive mūnītiōnis); third declension
- a defending, fortifying, protecting
- defence, fortification, rampart
- Synonyms: moles, praesidium, mūnīmentum
- a repairing of roads
- (figuratively) a support for a cause
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “munitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “munitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- munitio 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)
- munitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to break through the lines (and relieve a town): munitiones perrumpere
- munitio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016