distentio

Latin

Etymology

From distendō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

distentiō f (genitive distentiōnis); third declension

1. spasm
2. distortion, distension

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	distentiō	distentiōnēs
Genitive	distentiōnis	distentiōnum
Dative	distentiōnī	distentiōnibus
Accusative	distentiōnem	distentiōnēs
Ablative	distentiōne	distentiōnibus
Vocative	distentiō	distentiōnēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: distensió
• → French: distension
• → English: distension
• → Italian: distensione
• → Spanish: distención

References

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