compunctio
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /komˈpuːnk.ti.oː/, [kɔmˈpuːŋkt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /komˈpunk.t͡si.o/, [komˈpuŋkt̪͡s̪io]
Noun
compūnctiō f (genitive compūnctiōnis); third declension
- puncture
- (Late Latin) prick (e.g. of conscience)
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) remorse
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | 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
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