reductio

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Latin

Etymology

From redūcō (“bring back, restore”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

reductiō f (genitive reductiōnis); third declension

  1. A bringing back, a leading back.
  2. A restoring, restoration.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative reductiō reductiōnēs
genitive reductiōnis reductiōnum
dative reductiōnī reductiōnibus
accusative reductiōnem reductiōnēs
ablative reductiōne reductiōnibus
vocative reductiō reductiōnēs

Descendants

References

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