competitio

Latin

Etymology

From competō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔm.pɛˈtiː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kom.peˈtit.t͡si.o]

Noun

competītiō f (genitive competītiōnis); third declension

1. rivalry
2. competition

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	competītiō	competītiōnēs
genitive	competītiōnis	competītiōnum
dative	competītiōnī	competītiōnibus
accusative	competītiōnem	competītiōnēs
ablative	competītiōne	competītiōnibus
vocative	competītiō	competītiōnēs

Related terms

• competēns
• competenter
• competentia
• competitor
• competitrix
• compitum

Descendants

• Catalan: competició
• English: competition
• French: compétition
• Italian: competizione
• Occitan: competicion
• Portuguese: competição
• Romanian: competiție
• Spanish: competición

References

• “competitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "competitio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “competitio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.