contignatio

Latin

Etymology

From contignō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.tiɡˈnaː.ti.oː/, [kɔn̪t̪ɪŋˈnäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.tiɲˈɲat.t͡si.o/, [kon̪t̪iɲˈɲät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

contignātiō f (genitive contignātiōnis); third declension

1. rafters
2. floor, story

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	contignātiō	contignātiōnēs
genitive	contignātiōnis	contignātiōnum
dative	contignātiōnī	contignātiōnibus
accusative	contignātiōnem	contignātiōnēs
ablative	contignātiōne	contignātiōnibus
vocative	contignātiō	contignātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: contignation
• Spanish: contignación
• Polish: kondygnacja

References

• “contignatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contignatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contignatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.