refractio

Latin

Etymology

refringō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

refrāctiō f (genitive refrāctiōnis); third declension

1. (physics, Medieval Latin) refraction

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	refrāctiō	refrāctiōnēs
genitive	refrāctiōnis	refrāctiōnum
dative	refrāctiōnī	refrāctiōnibus
accusative	refrāctiōnem	refrāctiōnēs
ablative	refrāctiōne	refrāctiōnibus
vocative	refrāctiō	refrāctiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: refracció
• English: refraction
• French: réfraction
• Galician: refracción
• German: Refraktion
• Italian: rifrazione
• Occitan: refraccion
• Portuguese: refração
• Russian: рефракция (refrakcija)
• Spanish: refracción

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “refractio”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC