destructio

Latin

Etymology

From dēstruō (“to destroy, ruin”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /deːsˈtruːk.ti.oː/

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /desˈtruk.t͡si.o/

Noun

dēstrūctiō f (genitive dēstrūctiōnis); third declension

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēstrūctiō	dēstrūctiōnēs
Genitive	dēstrūctiōnis	dēstrūctiōnum
Dative	dēstrūctiōnī	dēstrūctiōnibus
Accusative	dēstrūctiōnem	dēstrūctiōnēs
Ablative	dēstrūctiōne	dēstrūctiōnibus
Vocative	dēstrūctiō	dēstrūctiōnēs

Descendants

Catalan: destrucció
English: destruction
French: destruction
Italian: distruzione
Portuguese: destruição
Romanian: destrucțiune
Russian: деструкция (destrukcija)
Spanish: destrucción

References

destructio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
destructio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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