attritio

Latin

Etymology

From atterō (“I rub against”) +‎ -tiō.

Noun

attrītiō f (genitive attrītiōnis); third declension

1. The act of rubbing upon or against; attrition.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	attrītiō	attrītiōnēs
Genitive	attrītiōnis	attrītiōnum
Dative	attrītiōnī	attrītiōnibus
Accusative	attrītiōnem	attrītiōnēs
Ablative	attrītiōne	attrītiōnibus
Vocative	attrītiō	attrītiōnēs

Descendants

• → English: attrition
• → French: attrition

References

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