perditio

perditio

Latin

Etymology

    From perdō (“to destroy”) + -tiō.

    Noun

    perditiō f (genitive perditiōnis); third declension

    1. ruin, destruction
      Synonyms: dēstrūctiō, excidium, lētum, ruīna, excidiō, vāstātiō, devāstātiō, pestis, perniciēs, exitium
    2. perdition

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative perditiō perditiōnēs
    genitive perditiōnis perditiōnum
    dative perditiōnī perditiōnibus
    accusative perditiōnem perditiōnēs
    ablative perditiōne perditiōnibus
    vocative perditiō perditiōnēs

    Descendants

    • Italian: perdizione
    • Old French: perdiciun
    • Portuguese: perdição
    • Spanish: perdición

    References

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