compunctio

Latin

Alternative forms

• conpunctiō

Etymology

From compungō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈpuːnk.ti.oː/, [kɔmˈpuːŋkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈpunk.t͡si.o/, [komˈpuŋkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

compūnctiō f (genitive compūnctiōnis); third declension

1. puncture
2. (Late Latin) prick (e.g. of conscience)
3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) remorse

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	compūnctiō	compūnctiōnēs
Genitive	compūnctiōnis	compūnctiōnum
Dative	compūnctiōnī	compūnctiōnibus
Accusative	compūnctiōnem	compūnctiōnēs
Ablative	compūnctiōne	compūnctiōnibus
Vocative	compūnctiō	compūnctiōnēs

Descendants

• English: compunction
• French: componction
• Italian: compunzione

• Portuguese: compunção
• Romanian: compuncțiune
• Spanish: compunción

References

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