finitio
Latin
Etymology
From fīniō (“finish; limit; appoint”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fiːˈniː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fiˈnit̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
fīnītiō f (genitive fīnītiōnis); third declension
- A limiting, limit, boundary, frontier; rule, law; restriction; end, ending, conclusion.
- A determining, assigning; definition, explanation.
- A division, part.
- Completeness; end of life; death.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fīnītiō | fīnītiōnēs |
| genitive | fīnītiōnis | fīnītiōnum |
| dative | fīnītiōnī | fīnītiōnibus |
| accusative | fīnītiōnem | fīnītiōnēs |
| ablative | fīnītiōne | fīnītiōnibus |
| vocative | fīnītiō | fīnītiōnēs |
Derived terms
- perfīnītiō (Mediaeval Latin)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “finitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "finitio", 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)
- “finitio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.