refractio

Latin

Etymology

refringō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈfraːk.ti.oː/, [rɛˈfräːkt̪ioː]

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

Noun

refrāctiō f (genitive refrāctiōnis); third declension

(physics, Medieval Latin) refraction

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	refrāctiō	refrāctiōnēs
Genitive	refrāctiōnis	refrāctiōnum
Dative	refrāctiōnī	refrāctiōnibus
Accusative	refrāctiōnem	refrāctiōnēs
Ablative	refrāctiōne	refrāctiōnibus
Vocative	refrāctiō	refrāctiōnēs

Descendants

Catalan: refracció
French: réfraction
Galician: refracción
German: Refraktion
Italian: rifrazione
Occitan: refraccion
Portuguese: refração
Russian: рефракция (refrakcija)
Spanish: refracción

References

R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “refractio”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

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