positio

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English position), ultimately from Latin positiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpositio/, [ˈpo̞s̠iˌt̪io̞]
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Syllabification(key): po‧si‧ti‧o

Noun

positio

  1. position

Declension

Inflection of positio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative positio positiot
genitive position positioiden
positioitten
partitive positiota positioita
illative positioon positioihin
singular plural
nominative positio positiot
accusative nom. positio positiot
gen. position
genitive position positioiden
positioitten
partitive positiota positioita
inessive positiossa positioissa
elative positiosta positioista
illative positioon positioihin
adessive positiolla positioilla
ablative positiolta positioilta
allative positiolle positioille
essive positiona positioina
translative positioksi positioiksi
instructive positioin
abessive positiotta positioitta
comitative positioineen
Possessive forms of positio (type valtio)
possessor singular plural
1st person positioni positiomme
2nd person positiosi positionne
3rd person positionsa

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin positiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈzit.t͡sjo/
  • Rhymes: -ittsjo
  • Hyphenation: po‧sì‧tio

Noun

positio f (plural positiones)

  1. (linguistics) position (of a vowel)

Derived terms

  • positio debilis
  • positio fortis

Further reading

  • positio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology

From the supine stem of pōnō (put, place) + -tiō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /poˈsi.ti.oː/, [pɔˈs̠ɪt̪ioː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /poˈsit.t͡si.o/, [poˈs̬it̪ː͡s̪io]
  • (file)

Noun

positiō f (genitive positiōnis); third declension

  1. position, place
  2. framing
  3. theme
  4. planting (of crops)
  5. lie (of land)
  6. attitude

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative positiō positiōnēs
Genitive positiōnis positiōnum
Dative positiōnī positiōnibus
Accusative positiōnem positiōnēs
Ablative positiōne positiōnibus
Vocative positiō positiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • positio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • positio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • positio 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)
  • positio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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