reductio
Latin
Etymology
From redūcō (“bring back, restore”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [rɛˈdʊk.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [reˈd̪uk.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
reductiō f (genitive reductiōnis); third declension
- A bringing back, a leading back.
- A restoring, restoration.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | reductiō | reductiōnēs |
| genitive | reductiōnis | reductiōnum |
| dative | reductiōnī | reductiōnibus |
| accusative | reductiōnem | reductiōnēs |
| ablative | reductiōne | reductiōnibus |
| vocative | reductiō | reductiōnēs |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “reductio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “reductio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "reductio", 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)
- reductio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.