infractio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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