intersectio

Latin

Etymology

intersecō +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.tɛrˈsɛk.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in.terˈsɛk.t͡si.o]

Noun

intersectiō f (genitive intersectiōnis); third declension

1. an intersection
2. (architecture) the part cut out or space between two teeth or dentils in indented work

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	intersectiō	intersectiōnēs
genitive	intersectiōnis	intersectiōnum
dative	intersectiōnī	intersectiōnibus
accusative	intersectiōnem	intersectiōnēs
ablative	intersectiōne	intersectiōnibus
vocative	intersectiō	intersectiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: intersecció
• French: intersection
• Galician: intersección
• Italian: intersezione
• Occitan: interseccion
• → Portuguese: interseção, intersecção (Portugal)
• Romanian: intersecție
• Spanish: intersección

References

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