constrictio

Latin

Etymology

From constringō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kõːˈstrɪk.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [konˈstrik.t͡si.o]

Noun

cōnstrictiō f (genitive cōnstrictiōnis); third declension

1. (post-classical) a binding or drawing together
   • c. 500 CE, Palladius, Opus Agriculturae 4.1.3
   • Scribonius Largo, Compositiones 84.5
2. a binding of the bowels
   • c. 431 CE, Macrobius, Saturnalia 7.6

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cōnstrictiō	cōnstrictiōnēs
genitive	cōnstrictiōnis	cōnstrictiōnum
dative	cōnstrictiōnī	cōnstrictiōnibus
accusative	cōnstrictiōnem	cōnstrictiōnēs
ablative	cōnstrictiōne	cōnstrictiōnibus
vocative	cōnstrictiō	cōnstrictiōnēs

References

• “constrictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “constrictio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.