impugnatio

Latin

Etymology

impugnō (“I attack, fight against”) +‎ -tiō (“-tion”)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪm.pʊŋˈnaː.ti.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [im.puɲˈɲat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]

Noun

impugnātiō f (genitive impugnātiōnis); third declension

(rare) attack, assault
Synonyms: aggressiō, impetus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	impugnātiō	impugnātiōnēs
genitive	impugnātiōnis	impugnātiōnum
dative	impugnātiōnī	impugnātiōnibus
accusative	impugnātiōnem	impugnātiōnēs
ablative	impugnātiōne	impugnātiōnibus
vocative	impugnātiō	impugnātiōnēs

Descendants

→ Italian: impugnazione
Spanish: impugnación

References

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