destructio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /deːsˈtruːk.ti.oː/, [d̪eːs̠ˈt̪ruːkt̪ioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /desˈtruk.t͡si.o/, [d̪esˈt̪rukt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

dēstrūctiō f (genitive dēstrūctiōnis); third declension

destruction, demolition
Synonyms: lētum, excidium, ruīna, dēmōlītiō, vāstātiō, devāstātiō, perniciēs, pestis, perditiō, exitium
refutation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēstrūctiō	dēstrūctiōnēs
Genitive	dēstrūctiōnis	dēstrūctiōnum
Dative	dēstrūctiōnī	dēstrūctiōnibus
Accusative	dēstrūctiōnem	dēstrūctiōnēs
Ablative	dēstrūctiōne	dēstrūctiōnibus
Vocative	dēstrūctiō	dēstrūctiōnēs

Descendants

Catalan: destrucció
English: destruction
French: destruction
Galician: destrución
Italian: distruzione
Occitan: destruccion
Piedmontese: distrussion
Portuguese: destruição
Romanian: destrucțiune
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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