fluctio

Latin

Etymology

From fluctus +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfluk.ti.oː/, [ˈfɫ̪ʊkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfluk.t͡si.o/, [ˈflukt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

fluctiō f (genitive fluctiōnis); third declension

1. a flowing, flow

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fluctiō	fluctiōnēs
genitive	fluctiōnis	fluctiōnum
dative	fluctiōnī	fluctiōnibus
accusative	fluctiōnem	fluctiōnēs
ablative	fluctiōne	fluctiōnibus
vocative	fluctiō	fluctiōnēs

Descendants

• English: fluxion

References

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