compunctio

compunctio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der.
Proto-Italic *pungō
Latin pungō
Latin compungō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin compūnctiō

    From compungō + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    compūnctiō f (genitive compūnctiōnis); third declension

    1. puncture
    2. (Late Latin) prick (e.g. of conscience)
    3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) remorse

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative compūnctiō compūnctiōnēs
    genitive compūnctiōnis compūnctiōnum
    dative compūnctiōnī compūnctiōnibus
    accusative compūnctiōnem compūnctiōnēs
    ablative compūnctiōne compūnctiōnibus
    vocative compūnctiō compūnctiōnēs

    Descendants

    References

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