LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dētentiō

dētentiō f (genitive dētentiōnis)

Meaning

  1. detention (keeping back)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedētentiōdētentiōnēs
genitivedētentiōnisdētentiōnum
dativedētentiōnīdētentiōnibus
accusativedētentiōnemdētentiōnēs
ablativedētentiōnedētentiōnibus
vocativedētentiōdētentiōnēs

dētentĭo, ōnis, f. detineo,
I. a keeping back, detaining, Dig. 4, 6, 15; 25, 1, 5; Vulg. Sirach, 24, 16.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dētentiō From dētineō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalandetenció
  • Englishdetention
  • Frenchdétention
  • Italiandetenzione
  • Portuguesedetenção
  • Romaniandetențiune
  • Romaniandetenție
  • Spanishdetención

In English words that came into English from dētentiō

  • detentiondētentiō

Quick answers

What does dētentiō mean in Latin?
dētentiō, a noun, means “detention (keeping back)”.
What is the genitive of dētentiō?
The genitive singular is dētentiōnis. dētentiō is feminine, third declension.