detentio

Latin

Etymology

From dētineō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

dētentiō f (genitive dētentiōnis); third declension

detention (keeping back)

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dētentiō	dētentiōnēs
genitive	dētentiōnis	dētentiōnum
dative	dētentiōnī	dētentiōnibus
accusative	dētentiōnem	dētentiōnēs
ablative	dētentiōne	dētentiōnibus
vocative	dētentiō	dētentiōnēs

Descendants

Catalan: detenció
English: detention
French: détention
Italian: detenzione

Portuguese: detenção
Romanian: detențiune
Spanish: detención

References

detentio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
detentio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
detentio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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