constitutio
Latin
Etymology
From cōnstituō (“constitute, establish; confirm, arrange; decide”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.stiˈtuː.ti.oː/, [kõː.stɪˈtuː.ti.oː]
Noun
cōnstitūtiō f (genitive cōnstitūtiōnis); third declension
- a constitution, disposition, nature, character
- a definition; point in dispute
- a regulation, order, arrangement, system
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōnstitūtiō | cōnstitūtiōnēs |
| genitive | cōnstitūtiōnis | cōnstitūtiōnum |
| dative | cōnstitūtiōnī | cōnstitūtiōnibus |
| accusative | cōnstitūtiōnem | cōnstitūtiōnēs |
| ablative | cōnstitūtiōne | cōnstitūtiōnibus |
| vocative | cōnstitūtiō | cōnstitūtiōnēs |
Derived terms
- cōnstitūtiōnārius
Related terms
- cōnstituō
- cōnstitūtor
- cōnstitūtōrius
Descendants
- English: constitution
- French: constitution
- Italian: costituzione
- Portuguese: constituição
- Russian: конститу́ция (konstitúcija)
- Spanish: constitución
References
- constitutio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- constitutio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- constitutio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- constitutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a good constitution: firma corporis constitutio or affectio
- a good constitution: firma corporis constitutio or affectio
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