retractio

Latin

Etymology

From retrahō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈtrak.ti.oː/, [rɛˈt̪räkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈtrak.t͡si.o/, [reˈt̪räkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

retractiō f (genitive retractiōnis); third declension

1. a drawing back, retreating
   • c. 80 — c. 70 BC, Vitruvius, De Architectura, 3.4.4
   1. a diminishing
      • c. 370 — c. 430, Macrobius, Saturnalia, 1.12.5
   2. hesitation, refusal
      • c. 225 — c. 330, Arnobius, Adversus Nationes, 5.162.3

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	retractiō	retractiōnēs
Genitive	retractiōnis	retractiōnum
Dative	retractiōnī	retractiōnibus
Accusative	retractiōnem	retractiōnēs
Ablative	retractiōne	retractiōnibus
Vocative	retractiō	retractiōnēs

Descendants

• English: retraction
• French: rétraction
• Italian: retrazione
• Portuguese: retração
• Romanian: retracție
• Spanish: retracción

References

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