perscriptio

Latin

Etymology

From perscrībō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

perscrīptiō f (genitive perscrīptiōnis); third declension

1. act of writing down
2. entry (in a book)
3. assignment (act of assigning)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	perscrīptiō	perscrīptiōnēs
genitive	perscrīptiōnis	perscrīptiōnum
dative	perscrīptiōnī	perscrīptiōnibus
accusative	perscrīptiōnem	perscrīptiōnēs
ablative	perscrīptiōne	perscrīptiōnibus
vocative	perscrīptiō	perscrīptiōnēs

References

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