constrictio

Latin

Etymology

From constringō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈstrik.ti.oː/, [kõːˈs̠t̪rɪkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈstrik.t͡si.o/, [konˈst̪rikt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

cōnstrictiō f (genitive cōnstrictiōnis); third declension

1. (post-classical) a binding or drawing together
   • c. 500 CE, Palladius, Opus Agriculturae 4.1.3
   • Scribonius Largo, Compositiones 84.5
2. a binding of the bowels
   • c. 431 CE, Macrobius, Saturnalia 7.6

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōnstrictiō	cōnstrictiōnēs
Genitive	cōnstrictiōnis	cōnstrictiōnum
Dative	cōnstrictiōnī	cōnstrictiōnibus
Accusative	cōnstrictiōnem	cōnstrictiōnēs
Ablative	cōnstrictiōne	cōnstrictiōnibus
Vocative	cōnstrictiō	cōnstrictiōnēs

References

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