diffusio

Latin

Etymology

diffūsus, perfect passive participle of diffundō +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /difˈfuː.si.oː/, [d̪ɪfˈfuːs̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /difˈfu.si.o/, [d̪ifˈfuːs̬io]

Noun

diffūsiō f (genitive diffūsiōnis); third declension

1. spreading out, increase in extent or breadth
2. cheerfulness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	diffūsiō	diffūsiōnēs
Genitive	diffūsiōnis	diffūsiōnum
Dative	diffūsiōnī	diffūsiōnibus
Accusative	diffūsiōnem	diffūsiōnēs
Ablative	diffūsiōne	diffūsiōnibus
Vocative	diffūsiō	diffūsiōnēs

Derived terms

• diffūsīvus

Descendants

• → Catalan: difusió
• → English: diffusion
• → French: diffusion
• → Italian: diffusione
• → Portuguese: difusão
• → Russian: диффузия (diffuzija)
• → Sicilian: diffusiuni
• → Spanish: difusión
• Translingual: Diffusilina

References

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