minctio

Latin

Etymology

Derived from the root of mingō (I urinate) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

mīnctiō f (genitive mīnctiōnis); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) urination

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative mīnctiō mīnctiōnēs
genitive mīnctiōnis mīnctiōnum
dative mīnctiōnī mīnctiōnibus
accusative mīnctiōnem mīnctiōnēs
ablative mīnctiōne mīnctiōnibus
vocative mīnctiō mīnctiōnēs

Descendants

  • Italian: minzione

References

  • minctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • minctio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.