noun · femininethird declension
prōpugnātiō
prōpugnātiō f (genitive prōpugnātiōnis)
Meaning
- defence
- vindication
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prōpugnātiō | prōpugnātiōnēs |
| genitive | prōpugnātiōnis | prōpugnātiōnum |
| dative | prōpugnātiōnī | prōpugnātiōnibus |
| accusative | prōpugnātiōnem | prōpugnātiōnēs |
| ablative | prōpugnātiōne | prōpugnātiōnibus |
| vocative | prōpugnātiō | prōpugnātiōnēs |
prōpugnātĭo, ōnis, f. id..
I. A fighting for, defence of a place (post-class.), Val. Max. 5, 1, 4 ect.—
II. A defence, vindication (class.): with the gen. or pro:
propugnatio ac defensio dignitatis tuae, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 2: propugnatio pro ornamentis tuis, id. ib. 5, 8, 1: ne mea propugnatio ei potissimum defuisse videatur, id. Sest. 2, 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
prōpūgnātiō ōnis, f
propugno, a defence, vindication : dignitatis tuae: suscepi propugnationem pro ornamentis tuis.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin prōpugnātiō From prōpugnō + -tiō.
In English words that came into English from prōpugnātiō
- propugnationprōpugnātiō