compunctio

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From compungō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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compūnctiō f (genitive compūnctiōnis); third declension

  1. puncture
  2. (Late Latin) prick (e.g. of conscience)
  3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) remorse

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Descendants

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References

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