compressio

See also: compressió

Latin

Etymology

From comprimō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈpres.si.oː/, [kɔmˈprɛs̠ːioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈpres.si.o/, [komˈprɛsːio]

Noun

compressiō f (genitive compressiōnis); third declension

1. squeezing, compression
2. embrace

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	compressiō	compressiōnēs
Genitive	compressiōnis	compressiōnum
Dative	compressiōnī	compressiōnibus
Accusative	compressiōnem	compressiōnēs
Ablative	compressiōne	compressiōnibus
Vocative	compressiō	compressiōnēs

References

• “compressio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “compressio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• compressio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.