ruptio

Latin

Etymology

From rumpō (“break, burst”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈrup.ti.oː/, [ˈrʊpt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrup.t͡si.o/, [ˈrupt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

ruptiō f (genitive ruptiōnis); third declension

1. a breaking, fracture; injuring, damage

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ruptiō	ruptiōnēs
Genitive	ruptiōnis	ruptiōnum
Dative	ruptiōnī	ruptiōnibus
Accusative	ruptiōnem	ruptiōnēs
Ablative	ruptiōne	ruptiōnibus
Vocative	ruptiō	ruptiōnēs

Synonyms

• (fracture): ruptūra

Related terms

• abrumpō
• corrumpō
• interrumpō
• irrumpō
• rumpō
• ruptor
• ruptūra

References

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