altercatio

Latin

Etymology

From altercor +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aɫ.tɛrˈkaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [al.terˈkat.t͡si.o]

Noun

altercātiō f (genitive altercātiōnis); third declension

1. dispute, debate
2. altercation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	altercātiō	altercātiōnēs
genitive	altercātiōnis	altercātiōnum
dative	altercātiōnī	altercātiōnibus
accusative	altercātiōnem	altercātiōnēs
ablative	altercātiōne	altercātiōnibus
vocative	altercātiō	altercātiōnēs

Related terms

• altercātor

Descendants

• Catalan: altercació
• English: altercation
• French: altercation
• Italian: altercazione
• Occitan: altercacion
• → Polish: alterkacja (obsolete) (learned)
• Portuguese: altercação
• Spanish: altercación

References

• “altercatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “altercatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “altercatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.