compactio

Latin

Etymology

compāctus, perfect passive participle of compingō +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈpaːk.ti.oː/, [kɔmˈpäːkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈpak.t͡si.o/, [komˈpäkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

compāctiō f (genitive compāctiōnis); third declension

1. joining together
2. that which is joined together; a framework

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	compāctiō	compāctiōnēs
genitive	compāctiōnis	compāctiōnum
dative	compāctiōnī	compāctiōnibus
accusative	compāctiōnem	compāctiōnēs
ablative	compāctiōne	compāctiōnibus
vocative	compāctiō	compāctiōnēs

References

• “compactio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “compactio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers