iurisdictio

Latin

Etymology

From iūs (“law”, genitive iūris) +‎ dīcō (“I say, declare”) +‎ -tiō (“-tion”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i̯uː.risˈdik.ti.oː/, [i̯uːrɪs̠ˈd̪ɪkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ju.risˈdik.t͡si.o/, [jurizˈd̪ikt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

iūrisdictiō f (genitive iūrisdictiōnis); third declension

1. jurisdiction

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iūrisdictiō	iūrisdictiōnēs
Genitive	iūrisdictiōnis	iūrisdictiōnum
Dative	iūrisdictiōnī	iūrisdictiōnibus
Accusative	iūrisdictiōnem	iūrisdictiōnēs
Ablative	iūrisdictiōne	iūrisdictiōnibus
Vocative	iūrisdictiō	iūrisdictiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: jurisdicció
• English: jurisdiction
• French: juridiction
• Galician: xurisdición
• Italian: giurisdizione
• Occitan: jurisdiccion
• Portuguese: jurisdição
• Romanian: jurisdicție
• → Spanish: jurisdicción
  • → Cebuano: hurisdiksyon
  • → Tagalog: hurisdiksyon

References

• iurisdictio 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)
• “iurisdictio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers