reductio

Latin

Etymology

From redūcō (“bring back, restore”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈduk.ti.oː/, [rɛˈdʊk.ti.oː]

Noun

reductiō f (genitive reductiōnis); third declension

1. A bringing back, a leading back.
2. A restoring, restoration.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	reductiō	reductiōnēs
genitive	reductiōnis	reductiōnum
dative	reductiōnī	reductiōnibus
accusative	reductiōnem	reductiōnēs
ablative	reductiōne	reductiōnibus
vocative	reductiō	reductiōnēs

Related terms

• redūcō
• redūctō
• reductor
• reductus

Descendants

• Catalan: reducció
• English: reduction
• French: réduction
• Italian: riduzione

• Portuguese: redução
• Romanian: reducție
• Russian: редукция (redukcija)
• Spanish: reducción

References

• reductio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• reductio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• reductio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• reductio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette