infractio

Latin

Etymology

īnfrāctus, perfect passive participle of īnfringō (“to break (off), weaken”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈfraːk.ti.oː/, [ĩːˈfräːkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈfrak.t͡si.o/, [iɱˈfräkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

īnfrāctiō f (genitive īnfrāctiōnis); third declension

1. breaking to pieces
2. (figurative) weakening

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	īnfrāctiō	īnfrāctiōnēs
genitive	īnfrāctiōnis	īnfrāctiōnum
dative	īnfrāctiōnī	īnfrāctiōnibus
accusative	īnfrāctiōnem	īnfrāctiōnēs
ablative	īnfrāctiōne	īnfrāctiōnibus
vocative	īnfrāctiō	īnfrāctiōnēs

References

• “infractio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “infractio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers