munitio

munitio

Latin

Etymology

    From mūniō (to fortify, to defend (with a wall)) + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    mūnītiō f (genitive mūnītiōnis); third declension

    1. a defending, fortifying, protecting
    2. defence, fortification, rampart
      Synonyms: moles, praesidium, mūnīmentum
    3. a repairing of roads
    4. (figuratively) a support for a cause

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative mūnītiō mūnītiōnēs
    genitive mūnītiōnis mūnītiōnum
    dative mūnītiōnī mūnītiōnibus
    accusative mūnītiōnem mūnītiōnēs
    ablative mūnītiōne mūnītiōnibus
    vocative mūnītiō mūnītiōnēs

    Descendants

    • Catalan: munició
    • English: munition
    • French: munition
    • Galician: munición
    • Italian: munizione
    • Norman: meunition
    • Occitan: municion
    • Portuguese: munição
    • Romanian: muniție
    • Spanish: munición

    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, 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to break through the lines (and relieve a town): munitiones perrumpere
    • munitio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016