destructio

Latin

Etymology

From dēstruō (“to destroy, ruin”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /deːsˈtruk.ti.oː/, [deːsˈtrʊk.ti.oː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /desˈtruk.t͡si.o/

Noun

dēstructiō f (genitive dēstructiōnis); third declension

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dēstructiō	dēstructiōnēs
genitive	dēstructiōnis	dēstructiōnum
dative	dēstructiōnī	dēstructiōnibus
accusative	dēstructiōnem	dēstructiōnēs
ablative	dēstructiōne	dēstructiōnibus
vocative	dēstructiō	dēstructiōnēs

Descendants

English: destruction
Italian: distruzione
Russian: деструкция (destrukcija)
Spanish: destrucción

References

destructio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
destructio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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