subtractio
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /subˈtrak.ti.oː/, [s̠ʊpˈt̪räkt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /subˈtrak.t͡si.o/, [subˈt̪räkt̪͡s̪io]
Noun
subtractiō f (genitive subtractiōnis); third declension
- withdrawing
- (mathematics) subtraction
- ca. 1230, Johannes de Sacrobosco, De Arte Numerandi, in Rara Mathematica (1841), p.6 [1]
- Subtractio est, propositis duobus numeris, majoris ad minorem excessus inventio.
- Subtraction is, given two numbers, the finding of the excess from the larger to the smaller.
- Subtractio est, propositis duobus numeris, majoris ad minorem excessus inventio.
- ca. 1230, Johannes de Sacrobosco, De Arte Numerandi, in Rara Mathematica (1841), p.6 [1]
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | subtractiō | subtractiōnēs |
Genitive | subtractiōnis | subtractiōnum |
Dative | subtractiōnī | subtractiōnibus |
Accusative | subtractiōnem | subtractiōnēs |
Ablative | subtractiōne | subtractiōnibus |
Vocative | subtractiō | subtractiōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: sostracció, subtracció
- English: subtraction
- French: soustraction
- Italian: sottrazione
- Portuguese: subtração
- Spanish: sustracción
References
- “subtractio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- subtractio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.