competitio

Latin

Etymology

From competere, from petō.

Noun

competītiō f (genitive competītiōnis); third declension

1. rivalry
2. competition

Inflection

Third declension.

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

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, 1883–1887)
• competitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette