What does distentiō mean in Latin?

distentiō, a noun, means “spasm; distortion, distension”.

What is the genitive of distentiō?

The genitive singular is distentiōnis. distentiō is feminine, third declension.

noun · femininethird declension

distentiō f (genitive distentiōnis)

distentĭo, ōnis, f. distendo,

I. a stretching out, distention (very rare), Cels. 2, 4; 8, 4; Scrib. Comp. 89.—

II. Trop., fullness, i. e. occupation, Vulg. Eccl. 8, 16.

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin distentiō From distendō + -tiō.

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