destructio

Latin

Etymology

From dēstruō (“to destroy, ruin”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːsˈtruːk.ti.oː/, [d̪eːs̠ˈt̪ruːkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /desˈtruk.t͡si.o/, [d̪esˈt̪rukt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

dēstrūctiō f (genitive dēstrūctiōnis); third declension

1. destruction, demolition

   Synonyms: lētum, excidium, ruīna, dēmōlītiō, vāstātiō, devāstātiō, perniciēs, pestis, perditiō, exitium

2. refutation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēstrūctiō	dēstrūctiōnēs
Genitive	dēstrūctiōnis	dēstrūctiōnum
Dative	dēstrūctiōnī	dēstrūctiōnibus
Accusative	dēstrūctiōnem	dēstrūctiōnēs
Ablative	dēstrūctiōne	dēstrūctiōnibus
Vocative	dēstrūctiō	dēstrūctiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: destrucció
• English: destruction
• French: destruction
• Galician: destrución
• Italian: distruzione
• Occitan: destruccion
• Piedmontese: distrussion
• Portuguese: destruição
• Romanian: destrucțiune
• Russian: деструкция (destrukcija)
• Spanish: destrucción

References

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