perditio

Latin

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From perdo (“I destroy”).

Noun

perditiō f (genitive perditiōnis); third declension

1. ruin, destruction
2. perdition

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	perditiō	perditiōnēs
Genitive	perditiōnis	perditiōnum
Dative	perditiōnī	perditiōnibus
Accusative	perditiōnem	perditiōnēs
Ablative	perditiōne	perditiōnibus
Vocative	perditiō	perditiōnēs

Descendants

• Italian: perdizione
• Old French: perdiciun
  • English: perdition
  • French: perdition
• Portuguese: perdição
• Spanish: perdición

References

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