compunctio
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔmˈpuːŋk.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [komˈpuŋk.t͡si.o]
Noun
compūnctiō f (genitive compūnctiōnis); third declension
- puncture
- (Late Latin) prick (e.g. of conscience)
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) remorse
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | compūnctiō | compūnctiōnēs |
| genitive | compūnctiōnis | compūnctiōnum |
| dative | compūnctiōnī | compūnctiōnibus |
| accusative | compūnctiōnem | compūnctiōnēs |
| ablative | compūnctiōne | compūnctiōnibus |
| vocative | compūnctiō | compūnctiōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: compunció
- English: compunction
- French: componction
- Galician: compunción
- Italian: compunzione
- Portuguese: compunção
- Romanian: compuncțiune
- Spanish: compunción
References
- “compunctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “compunctio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.