benedictio

Latin

Etymology

From benedicō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /be.neˈdik.ti.oː/, [bɛnɛˈd̪ɪkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /be.neˈdik.t͡si.o/, [beneˈd̪ikt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

benedictiō f (genitive benedictiōnis); third declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) blessing
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) benediction
3. extolling, praising, lauding

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	benedictiō	benedictiōnēs
Genitive	benedictiōnis	benedictiōnum
Dative	benedictiōnī	benedictiōnibus
Accusative	benedictiōnem	benedictiōnēs
Ablative	benedictiōne	benedictiōnibus
Vocative	benedictiō	benedictiōnēs

Descendants

• Old French: beneison, beneïson
  • → English: benison
• → Proto-Brythonic: *bendiθ (see there for further descendants)
• → Catalan: benedicció
• → English: benediction
• → French: bénédiction
• → Galician: bendición
• → Old Irish: bennacht
  • Irish: beannacht
  • Manx: bannaght
  • Scottish Gaelic: beannachd
• → Italian: benedizione
• Old Galician-Portuguese: bẽeiçon
  • Galician: beizón
  • Portuguese: bênção
• → Old Spanish: bendicion
  • Spanish: bendición

References

• “benedictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• benedictio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• benedictio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.