punctio

Latin

Etymology

From pungō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpunk.ti.oː/, [ˈpʊŋk.ti.oː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpunk.t͡si.o/, [ˈpuŋk.t͡si.o]

Noun

punctiō f (genitive punctiōnis); third declension

  1. puncture, pricking

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative punctiō punctiōnēs
genitive punctiōnis punctiōnum
dative punctiōnī punctiōnibus
accusative punctiōnem punctiōnēs
ablative punctiōne punctiōnibus
vocative punctiō punctiōnēs

Derived terms

  • *punctiāre

Descendants

  • Old French: ponson, poncheon, ponchon
  • Iberian:
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Old Occitan:
    • Occitan: ponchon, ponchona
    • Old Catalan: punxon
      • Catalan: punxó
  • Venetian: polxón
  • → Russian: пункция (punkcija)

References

  • punctio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • punctio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • punctio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • “púnctio” in Leo F. Stelten, editor (1995) Dictionary of ecclesiastical Latin: with an appendix of Latin expressions defined and clarified, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, page 216
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