LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

exstīnctiō

exstīnctiō f (genitive exstīnctiōnis)

Meaning

  1. annihilation, slaughter, extinction
  2. dissolution

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeexstīnctiō
extīnctiō		exstīnctiōnēs
extīnctiōnēs
genitiveexstīnctiōnis
extīnctiōnis		exstīnctiōnum
extīnctiōnum
dativeexstīnctiōnī
extīnctiōnī		exstīnctiōnibus
extīnctiōnibus
accusativeexstīnctiōnem
extīnctiōnem		exstīnctiōnēs
extīnctiōnēs
ablativeexstīnctiōne
extīnctiōne		exstīnctiōnibus
extīnctiōnibus
vocativeexstīnctiō
extīnctiō		exstīnctiōnēs
extīnctiōnēs

exstinctĭo (ext-), ōnis, f. exstinguo. —Prop.,
I. a putting out; trop., extinction, annihilation (very rare): supremus ille dies non exstinctionem sed commutationem affert loci, Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117: vitae, Cic. ap. Aug. de Trm. 14 fin. (Cic. Hortens. Fragm. 90).

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tio Latin exstīnctiō From extinguo + -tio.

Descendants
  • Catalanextinció
  • Englishextinction
  • Frenchextinction
  • Italianestinzione
  • Portugueseextinção
  • Romanianextincție
  • Spanishextinción
  • Russianэкстинкция

In English words that came into English from exstīnctiō

  • extinctionextinctio

Quick answers

What does exstīnctiō mean in Latin?
exstīnctiō, a noun, means “annihilation, slaughter, extinction; dissolution”.
What is the genitive of exstīnctiō?
The genitive singular is exstīnctiōnis. exstīnctiō is feminine, third declension.