minctio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːnk.ti.oː/, [ˈmiːŋkt̪ioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmink.t͡si.o/, [ˈmiŋkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

mīnctiō f (genitive mīnctiōnis); third declension

(Late Latin) urination

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Case	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.

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