finitio

Latin

Etymology

From fīniō (“finish; limit; appoint”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /fiːˈniː.ti.oː/

Noun

fīnītiō f (genitive fīnītiōnis); third declension

A limiting, limit, boundary, frontier; rule, law; restriction; end, ending, conclusion.
A determining, assigning; definition, explanation.
A division, part.
Completeness; end of life; death.

Declension

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fīnītiō	fīnītiōnēs
Genitive	fīnītiōnis	fīnītiōnum
Dative	fīnītiōnī	fīnītiōnibus
Accusative	fīnītiōnem	fīnītiōnēs
Ablative	fīnītiōne	fīnītiōnibus
Vocative	fīnītiō	fīnītiōnēs

Derived terms

perfīnītiō (Mediaeval Latin)

Related terms

Descendants

English: -finition
French: finition, -finition
Italian: finizione, -finizione
Portuguese: -finição
Spanish: -finición

References

finitio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
finitio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
finitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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