infinitio

Latin

Etymology

Back-formation from īnfīnītus (“boundless, unlimited”) on the basis of -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ĩː.fiːˈniː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɱ.fiˈnit.t͡si.o]

Noun

īnfīnītiō f (genitive īnfīnītiōnis); third declension

1. boundlessness, infinity

   Synonym: īnfīnitās

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	īnfīnītiō	īnfīnītiōnēs
genitive	īnfīnītiōnis	īnfīnītiōnum
dative	īnfīnītiōnī	īnfīnītiōnibus
accusative	īnfīnītiōnem	īnfīnītiōnēs
ablative	īnfīnītiōne	īnfīnītiōnibus
vocative	īnfīnītiō	īnfīnītiōnēs

References

• “infinitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “infinitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers