persecutio

Latin

Etymology

From persequor +‎ -tiō.

Noun

persecūtiō f (genitive persecūtiōnis); third declension

  1. pursuit, chase
  2. prosecution
  3. persecution (of Christians)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative persecūtiō persecūtiōnēs
genitive persecūtiōnis persecūtiōnum
dative persecūtiōnī persecūtiōnibus
accusative persecūtiōnem persecūtiōnēs
ablative persecūtiōne persecūtiōnibus
vocative persecūtiō persecūtiōnēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: persecució
  • French: persécution
  • Friulian: persecuzion
  • Galician: persecución
  • Italian: persecuzione
  • Occitan: persecucion
  • Piedmontese: përsecussion
  • → Polish: persekucja
  • Portuguese: persecução
  • Romanian: persecuție, persecuțiune
  • Spanish: persecución

References

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