LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

frāctiō

frāctiō f (genitive frāctiōnis)
Classical[ˈfraːk.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈfrak.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. the action of breaking
  2. fraction
    1544, Orontius Finaeus, Arithmetica Practica, liber II, cap. 7 https://books.google.com/books?id=4iwPAAAAQAAJ&dq=fractiones&pg=PT85#v=onepage&q=fractio&f=false Divisio, quemadmodum et multiplicatio, aut inter ipsas tantum accidit fractiones, aut simul cum ipsis tractatur integris.Division, just as with multiplication, occurs either only between those fractions, or is transacted at the same time with those integers.
    Scribitur fractio duobus numeris, linea interiecta distinctis, quorum superior ipsam partem integri determinat, et numerator dicitur, inferior partes totius omnes refert, et denominator appellatur.A fraction is written with two numbers separated by a line between them, of which the portion above determines the pieces, and is called the numerator, and the portion below refers to the entire total, and is called the denominator.1750, Institutiones Matheseos: Selectis Observationibus Illustratae in Usum Praelectionum Academicarum, 4th edition, page 56:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefrāctiōfrāctiōnēs
genitivefrāctiōnisfrāctiōnum
dativefrāctiōnīfrāctiōnibus
accusativefrāctiōnemfrāctiōnēs
ablativefrāctiōnefrāctiōnibus
vocativefrāctiōfrāctiōnēs

fractĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a breaking, breaking in pieces (eccl. Lat.): panis, Hier. Ep. 108, 8; Aug. Cons. Evang. 4, 25; Vulg. Luc. 24, 35.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰreg-
  2. Latinfrāctiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin frāctiō From frangō (“to break”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanfracció
  • GermanFraktion
  • Englishfraction
  • Frenchfraction
  • Italianfrazione
  • Portuguesefração
  • Romanianfracție
  • Spanishfracción
  • Dutchfractie
  • Russianфракция

In English words that came into English from frāctiō

  • fractionfrāctiō

Quick answers

What does frāctiō mean in Latin?
frāctiō, a noun, means “the action of breaking; fraction”.
What is the genitive of frāctiō?
The genitive singular is frāctiōnis. frāctiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce frāctiō?
In classical Latin, [ˈfraːk.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfrak.t͡si.o].
Where does frāctiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- → Latin frāctiō.