subtractio
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sʊpˈtrak.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [subˈt̪rak.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
subtractiō f (genitive subtractiōnis); third declension
- withdrawing
- (mathematics) subtraction
- c. 1230, Johannes de Sacrobosco, “De Arte Numerandi”, in Rara Mathematica[1], published 1841, page 6:
- Subtractio est, propositis duobus numeris, majoris ad minorem excessus inventio.
- Subtraction is, given two numbers, the finding of the excess from the larger to the smaller.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | subtractiō | subtractiōnēs |
| genitive | subtractiōnis | subtractiōnum |
| dative | subtractiōnī | subtractiōnibus |
| accusative | subtractiōnem | subtractiōnēs |
| ablative | subtractiōne | subtractiōnibus |
| vocative | subtractiō | subtractiōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: sostracció, subtracció
- English: subtraction
- French: soustraction
- Italian: sottrazione
- Portuguese: subtração
- Spanish: sustracción
References
- “subtractio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- subtractio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.