profusio

Latin

Etymology

From profundō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prɔˈfuː.si.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [proˈfuː.s̬i.o]

Noun

profūsiō f (genitive profūsiōnis); third declension

1. a pouring out
2. libation
3. prodigality

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	profūsiō	profūsiōnēs
genitive	profūsiōnis	profūsiōnum
dative	profūsiōnī	profūsiōnibus
accusative	profūsiōnem	profūsiōnēs
ablative	profūsiōne	profūsiōnibus
vocative	profūsiō	profūsiōnēs

Descendants

• → English: profusion
• → French: profusion (learned)
• → Italian: profusione (learned)
• → Spanish: profusión (learned)

References

• “profusio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• profusio in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “profusio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press