oppugnatio

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Latin

Etymology

From oppugnō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

oppugnātiō f (genitive oppugnātiōnis); third declension

  1. assault, attack
    Synonyms: impetus, invāsiō, assultus, impressiō, aggressiō, appetītus, concursus, occursĭo, incursus, petītiō, incursiō, vīs, ictus, procella
  2. siege
    Synonym: obsidiō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative oppugnātiō oppugnātiōnēs
genitive oppugnātiōnis oppugnātiōnum
dative oppugnātiōnī oppugnātiōnibus
accusative oppugnātiōnem oppugnātiōnēs
ablative oppugnātiōne oppugnātiōnibus
vocative oppugnātiō oppugnātiōnēs

References

  • “oppugnatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “oppugnatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • oppugnatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to give up an assault, a siege: oppugnationem, obsidionem relinquere
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