noun · femininethird declension
disiūnctiō
disiūnctiō f (genitive disiūnctiōnis)
Meaning
- separation
- disjunction
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | disiūnctiō dīiūnctiō | disiūnctiōnēs dīiūnctiōnēs |
| genitive | disiūnctiōnis dīiūnctiōnis | disiūnctiōnum dīiūnctiōnum |
| dative | disiūnctiōnī dīiūnctiōnī | disiūnctiōnibus dīiūnctiōnibus |
| accusative | disiūnctiōnem dīiūnctiōnem | disiūnctiōnēs dīiūnctiōnēs |
| ablative | disiūnctiōne dīiūnctiōne | disiūnctiōnibus dīiūnctiōnibus |
| vocative | disiūnctiō dīiūnctiō | disiūnctiōnēs dīiūnctiōnēs |
disjunctĭo or dījunctio, ōnis, f. disjungo,
I. a separation (a Ciceron. word).
I. In gen.:
in tanta disjunctione meorum, tanta acerbitate, Cic. Sest. 21, 47; cf. (amicorum), with alienatio, id. Lael. 21: animorum disjunctio dissensionem facit, i. e. the diversity, difference, id. Agr. 2, 6, 14; cf. sententiae, id. Prov. Cons. 17, 40.—II. In partic.
A. In philos. lang., an opposition of two propositions disjunctively connected in a syllogism, Cic. N. D. 1, 25, 70; id. Top. 14, 56; id. Ac. 2, 30, 97; id. Fat. 16, 37; cf. disjunctus.—
B. In rhet., a fig. of speech.
1. Corresp. to the Gr. διεζευγμένον, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207 (quoted in Quint. 9, 1, 35); Auct. Her. 4, 27; Gell. 2, 7 fin.—
2. Corresp. to the Gr. συνωνυμία, i. e. the use of different words or phrases having the same import, Quint. 9, 3, 45.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
disiūnctiō or dīiūnctiō ōnis, f
disiungo, a separation : meorum.— A variation, deviation : animorum: sententiae.— A logical opposition .— In rhet., asyndeton, a succession of clauses without connectives .
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin disiūnctiō From disiungō + -tiō.
Descendants
- Russianдизъюнкция