discretio

Latin

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

Post-Classical. From discernō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

discrētiō f (genitive discrētiōnis); third declension

(Late Latin)

1. separation
2. difference, distinction
3. discernment, discrimination

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	discrētiō	discrētiōnēs
Genitive	discrētiōnis	discrētiōnum
Dative	discrētiōnī	discrētiōnibus
Accusative	discrētiōnem	discrētiōnēs
Ablative	discrētiōne	discrētiōnibus
Vocative	discrētiō	discrētiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: discreció
• English: discretion
• French: discrétion
• Italian: discrezione
• Portuguese: discreção
• Romanian: discreție
• Spanish: discreción

References

• “discretio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• discretio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• discretio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.