refractio

Latin

Etymology

refringō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛˈfraːk.ti.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [reˈfrak.t̪͡s̪i.o]

Noun

refrāctiō f (genitive refrāctiōnis); third declension

(physics, Medieval Latin) refraction

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	refrāctiō	refrāctiōnēs
genitive	refrāctiōnis	refrāctiōnum
dative	refrāctiōnī	refrāctiōnibus
accusative	refrāctiōnem	refrāctiōnēs
ablative	refrāctiōne	refrāctiōnibus
vocative	refrāctiō	refrāctiōnēs

Descendants

Catalan: refracció
French: réfraction
Galician: refracción
German: Refraktion
Italian: rifrazione
Occitan: refraccion
Portuguese: refração
Russian: рефракция (refrakcija)
Spanish: refracción

References

R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “refractio”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC