comprehensio
Latin
Alternative forms
- comprensiō
- conprehensiō
Etymology
From comprehendō + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kom.preˈhen.si.oː/, [kɔm.prɛˈhẽː.si.oː]
Noun
comprehēnsiō f (genitive comprehēnsiōnis); third declension
- a seizing, taking hold of, catching; arrest, apprehension
- a comprehension, perception, idea, understanding
- an expression, style
- a region, area, zone
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | comprehēnsiō | comprehēnsiōnēs |
| Genitive | comprehēnsiōnis | comprehēnsiōnum |
| Dative | comprehēnsiōnī | comprehēnsiōnibus |
| Accusative | comprehēnsiōnem | comprehēnsiōnēs |
| Ablative | comprehēnsiōne | comprehēnsiōnibus |
| Vocative | comprehēnsiō | comprehēnsiōnēs |
Synonyms
- (perception): perceptiō
Related terms
Descendants
Descendants of comprehensio in other languages
- Catalan: comprensió
- English: comprehension
- French: compréhension
- Italian: comprensione
- Portuguese: compreensão
- Romanian: comprehensiune
- Spanish: comprensión, comprehensión
References
- comprehensio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- comprehensio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- comprehensio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the period: ambitus, circuitus, comprehensio, continuatio (verborum, orationis), also simply periodus
- the period: ambitus, circuitus, comprehensio, continuatio (verborum, orationis), also simply periodus
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