insurrectio

Latin

Etymology

From īnsurgō (“rise up, upon or against”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.surˈreːk.ti.oː/, [ĩːs̠ʊrˈreːkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.surˈrek.t͡si.o/, [insurˈrɛkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

īnsurrēctiō f (genitive īnsurrēctiōnis); third declension

1. A rising up; insurrection, rebellion.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	īnsurrēctiō	īnsurrēctiōnēs
Genitive	īnsurrēctiōnis	īnsurrēctiōnum
Dative	īnsurrēctiōnī	īnsurrēctiōnibus
Accusative	īnsurrēctiōnem	īnsurrēctiōnēs
Ablative	īnsurrēctiōne	īnsurrēctiōnibus
Vocative	īnsurrēctiō	īnsurrēctiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: insurrecció
• English: insurrection
• French: insurrection
• Galician: insurrección
• Italian: insurrezione
• Occitan: insurreccion
• Portuguese: insurreição
• Romanian: insurecție
• Spanish: insurrección

References

• “insurrectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• insurrectio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• insurrectio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.