collisio

Latin

Alternative forms

conlīsiō

Etymology

From collīdō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔlˈliː.si.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kolˈliː.s̬i.o]

Noun

collīsiō f (genitive collīsiōnis); third declension

clash, concussion, collision

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	collīsiō	collīsiōnēs
genitive	collīsiōnis	collīsiōnum
dative	collīsiōnī	collīsiōnibus
accusative	collīsiōnem	collīsiōnēs
ablative	collīsiōne	collīsiōnibus
vocative	collīsiō	collīsiōnēs

Descendants

Catalan: col·lisió
French: collision
Galician: colisión
Italian: collisione
→ Polish: kolizja
Portuguese: colisão
→ Russian: колли́зия (kollízija)
Spanish: colisión

References

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