competitio

Latin

Etymology

From competō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.peˈtiː.ti.oː/, [kɔmpɛˈt̪iːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.peˈtit.t͡si.o/, [kompeˈt̪it̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

competītiō f (genitive competītiōnis); third declension

1. rivalry
2. competition

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	competītiō	competītiōnēs
Genitive	competītiōnis	competītiōnum
Dative	competītiōnī	competītiōnibus
Accusative	competītiōnem	competītiōnēs
Ablative	competītiōne	competītiōnibus
Vocative	competītiō	competītiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: competició
• English: competition
• French: compétition
• Italian: competizione

• Occitan: competicion
• Portuguese: competição
• Romanian: competiție
• Spanish: competición

Related terms

• compitum
• competēns
• competenter

• competentia
• competitor
• competitrix

References

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