imperfectio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *n̥--

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.

Proto-Italic *peri-

Latin per-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Latin perficiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin perfectiō

Latin imperfectiō

From in- + perfectiō.

Noun

imperfectiō f (genitive imperfectiōnis); third declension

1. imperfection

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	imperfectiō	imperfectiōnēs
genitive	imperfectiōnis	imperfectiōnum
dative	imperfectiōnī	imperfectiōnibus
accusative	imperfectiōnem	imperfectiōnēs
ablative	imperfectiōne	imperfectiōnibus
vocative	imperfectiō	imperfectiōnēs

Related terms

• imperfectus

Descendants

• Catalan: imperfecció
• French: imperfection
• Galician: imperfección
• Italian: imperfezione
• Piedmontese: imperfession
• Portuguese: imperfeição
• Spanish: imperfección

References

• “imperfectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "imperfectio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “imperfectio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• imperfectio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016