indiscretio

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.disˈkreː.ti.oː/, [ɪn̪d̪ɪs̠ˈkreːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.disˈkret.t͡si.o/, [in̪d̪isˈkrɛt̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

indiscrētiō f (genitive indiscrētiōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) lack of discernment; indiscretion
   • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Jerome, Interpretatio libri Didymi de Spiritu Sancto 36

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	indiscrētiō	indiscrētiōnēs
Genitive	indiscrētiōnis	indiscrētiōnum
Dative	indiscrētiōnī	indiscrētiōnibus
Accusative	indiscrētiōnem	indiscrētiōnēs
Ablative	indiscrētiōne	indiscrētiōnibus
Vocative	indiscrētiō	indiscrētiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: indiscreció
• French: indiscrétion
• Galician: indiscreción
• Italian: indiscrezione
• Portuguese: indiscrição
• Spanish: indiscreción

References

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