infractio

Latin

Etymology

īnfrāctus, perfect passive participle of īnfringō (“to break (off), weaken”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈfraːk.ti.oː/, [ĩːˈfräːkt̪ioː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈfrak.t͡si.o/, [inˈfräkt̪͡s̪iɔ]

Noun

īnfrāctiō f (genitive īnfrāctiōnis); third declension

  1. breaking to pieces
  2. (figuratively) weakening

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īnfrāctiō īnfrāctiōnēs
Genitive īnfrāctiōnis īnfrāctiōnum
Dative īnfrāctiōnī īnfrāctiōnibus
Accusative īnfrāctiōnem īnfrāctiōnēs
Ablative īnfrāctiōne īnfrāctiōnibus
Vocative īnfrāctiō īnfrāctiōnēs

References
  • infractio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • infractio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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