munitio

Latin

Etymology

From mūniō (“fortify, defend (with a wall)”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

mūnītiō f (genitive mūnītiōnis); third declension

  1. a defending, fortifying, protecting
  2. defence, fortification, rampart
  3. a repairing of roads
  4. (figuratively) a support for a cause

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mūnītiō mūnītiōnēs
Genitive mūnītiōnis mūnītiōnum
Dative mūnītiōnī mūnītiōnibus
Accusative mūnītiōnem mūnītiōnēs
Ablative mūnītiōne mūnītiōnibus
Vocative mūnītiō mūnītiōnēs

Descendants

References
  • munitio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • munitio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • munitio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • munitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to break through the lines (and relieve a town): munitiones perrumpere
  • munitio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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