districtio

Latin

Etymology

From distringō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /disˈtrik.ti.oː/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈt̪rɪkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /disˈtrik.t͡si.o/, [d̪isˈt̪rikt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

districtiō f (genitive districtiōnis); third declension

1. (punishment) a stretching out
   • c. 485 CE – c. 585 CE, Cassiodorus, Variae Epistolae 3.34.47
2. a hindrance; difficulty
   • Ambrose, De Interpellatione Job et David 3.4.12

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	districtiō	districtiōnēs
genitive	districtiōnis	districtiōnum
dative	districtiōnī	districtiōnibus
accusative	districtiōnem	districtiōnēs
ablative	districtiōne	districtiōnibus
vocative	districtiō	districtiōnēs

References

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