LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

irruptiō

irruptiō f (genitive irruptiōnis)

Meaning

  1. attack, assault
  2. irruption

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeirruptiōirruptiōnēs
inruptiōnēs
genitiveirruptiōnis
inruptiōnis
irruptiōnum
inruptiōnum
dativeirruptiōnī
inruptiōnī
irruptiōnibus
inruptiōnibus
accusativeirruptiōnem
inruptiōnem
irruptiōnēs
inruptiōnēs
ablativeirruptiōne
inruptiōne
irruptiōnibus
inruptiōnibus
vocativeirruptiōirruptiōnēs
inruptiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

in oppidum irruptionem facere
to break into the town.

irruptĭo, ōnis, f. irrumpo,
I. a breaking or bursting in, an irruption.
I. In gen.: irruptionem facere in popinam, Plaut. Poen. prol. 42: ferarum, Plin. Pan. 81: belli, Flor. 2, 12, 5: luminis, Pall. 10, 17: aquarum, Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 5.—
II. Esp., as milit. t. t., an invasion, incursion, sally: hostis, Suet. Tib. 6: etiamsi irruptio facta nulla sit, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 15: Gallorum, Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 31.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin irruptiō From irrumpō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanirrupció
  • Frenchirruption
  • Englishirruptionfrom French irruption
  • Italianirruzione
  • Portugueseirrupção
  • Romanianirupție
  • Romanianirupțiune
  • Spanishirrupción

Quick answers

What does irruptiō mean in Latin?
irruptiō, a noun, means “attack, assault; irruption”.
What is the genitive of irruptiō?
The genitive singular is irruptiōnis. irruptiō is feminine, third declension.