benedictio

== Latin == === Etymology === From benedicō +‎ -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɛ.nɛˈdɪk.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [be.neˈdik.t͡si.o] === Noun === benedictiō f (genitive benedictiōnis); third declension (Ecclesiastical Latin) blessing (Ecclesiastical Latin) benediction extolling, praising, lauding ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Antonyms ==== maledictiō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “benedictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "benedictio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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.