protractio

Latin

Etymology

From prōtrahō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈtrak.ti.oː/, [proːˈt̪räkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈtrak.t͡si.o/, [proˈt̪räkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

prōtractiō f (genitive prōtractiōnis); third declension

1. (post-Classical) a drawing out, lengthening, protraction
   • c. 370 — c. 430, Macrobius, Somnium Scipionis, 1.12.5
   • c. 485 — c. 585, Cassiodorus Variarium, 12.2

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prōtractiō	prōtractiōnēs
genitive	prōtractiōnis	prōtractiōnum
dative	prōtractiōnī	prōtractiōnibus
accusative	prōtractiōnem	prōtractiōnēs
ablative	prōtractiōne	prōtractiōnibus
vocative	prōtractiō	prōtractiōnēs

References

• “protractio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• protractio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• protractio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.