astrictio

Latin

Alternative forms

• adstrictiō

Etymology

From astringō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈtrik.ti.oː/, [äs̠ˈt̪rɪkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈtrik.t͡si.o/, [äsˈt̪rikt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

astrictiō f (genitive astrictiōnis); third declension

1. a power of contracting; astringency
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 27.83
2. the act of sharpening
   • 438 CE, Codex Theodosianus 1.4.3

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	astrictiō	astrictiōnēs
genitive	astrictiōnis	astrictiōnum
dative	astrictiōnī	astrictiōnibus
accusative	astrictiōnem	astrictiōnēs
ablative	astrictiōne	astrictiōnibus
vocative	astrictiō	astrictiōnēs

References

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