coniunctio

Latin

Alternative forms

• conjūnctiō

Etymology

From coniūngō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈi̯uːnk.ti.oː/, [kɔnˈi̯uːŋkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈjunk.t͡si.o/, [konˈjuŋkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

coniūnctiō f (genitive coniūnctiōnis); third declension

1. (grammar) conjunction
2. combination
3. association, affinity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coniūnctiō	coniūnctiōnēs
Genitive	coniūnctiōnis	coniūnctiōnum
Dative	coniūnctiōnī	coniūnctiōnibus
Accusative	coniūnctiōnem	coniūnctiōnēs
Ablative	coniūnctiōne	coniūnctiōnibus
Vocative	coniūnctiō	coniūnctiōnēs

Descendants

• → Occitan: conjoncion
• → Russian: конъю́нкция (konʺjúnkcija)

References

• “coniunctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers