retentio

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English retention).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈretentio/,
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation(key): re‧ten‧tio

Noun

retentio

  1. (medicine) retention

Declension

Inflection of retentio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative retentio retentiot
genitive retention retentioiden
retentioitten
partitive retentiota retentioita
illative retentioon retentioihin
singular plural
nominative retentio retentiot
accusative nom. retentio retentiot
gen. retention
genitive retention retentioiden
retentioitten
partitive retentiota retentioita
inessive retentiossa retentioissa
elative retentiosta retentioista
illative retentioon retentioihin
adessive retentiolla retentioilla
ablative retentiolta retentioilta
allative retentiolle retentioille
essive retentiona retentioina
translative retentioksi retentioiksi
abessive retentiotta retentioitta
instructive retentioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of retentio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative retentioni retentioni
accusative nom. retentioni retentioni
gen. retentioni
genitive retentioni retentioideni
retentioitteni
partitive retentiotani retentioitani
inessive retentiossani retentioissani
elative retentiostani retentioistani
illative retentiooni retentioihini
adessive retentiollani retentioillani
ablative retentioltani retentioiltani
allative retentiolleni retentioilleni
essive retentionani retentioinani
translative retentiokseni retentioikseni
abessive retentiottani retentioittani
instructive
comitative retentioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative retentiosi retentiosi
accusative nom. retentiosi retentiosi
gen. retentiosi
genitive retentiosi retentioidesi
retentioittesi
partitive retentiotasi retentioitasi
inessive retentiossasi retentioissasi
elative retentiostasi retentioistasi
illative retentioosi retentioihisi
adessive retentiollasi retentioillasi
ablative retentioltasi retentioiltasi
allative retentiollesi retentioillesi
essive retentionasi retentioinasi
translative retentioksesi retentioiksesi
abessive retentiottasi retentioittasi
instructive
comitative retentioinesi

Synonyms

Derived terms

compounds

Latin

Etymology

From retineō (to keep or hold back) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

retentiō f (genitive retentiōnis); third declension

  1. a holding back; holding in; a withholding
  2. a retaining, keeping back
  3. preservation, maintenance

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative retentiō retentiōnēs
genitive retentiōnis retentiōnum
dative retentiōnī retentiōnibus
accusative retentiōnem retentiōnēs
ablative retentiōne retentiōnibus
vocative retentiō retentiōnēs

Descendants

References

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