detractio

Latin

Etymology

From dētrahō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈtrak.ti.oː/, [d̪eːˈt̪räkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈtrak.t͡si.o/, [d̪eˈt̪räkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

dētractiō f (genitive dētractiōnis); third declension

1. withdrawal
2. purging
3. detraction, slander

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dētractiō	dētractiōnēs
genitive	dētractiōnis	dētractiōnum
dative	dētractiōnī	dētractiōnibus
accusative	dētractiōnem	dētractiōnēs
ablative	dētractiōne	dētractiōnibus
vocative	dētractiō	dētractiōnēs

References

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