contributio

Latin

Etymology

From contribūō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.triˈbuː.ti.oː/, [kɔn̪t̪rɪˈbuːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.triˈbut.t͡si.o/, [kon̪t̪riˈbut̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

contribūtiō f (genitive contribūtiōnis); third declension

1. payment, contribution
2. distribution

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	contribūtiō	contribūtiōnēs
Genitive	contribūtiōnis	contribūtiōnum
Dative	contribūtiōnī	contribūtiōnibus
Accusative	contribūtiōnem	contribūtiōnēs
Ablative	contribūtiōne	contribūtiōnibus
Vocative	contribūtiō	contribūtiōnēs

Descendants

• Russian: контрибу́ция (kontribúcija)
• Swedish: kontribution

References

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