compunctio

== Latin == === Alternative forms === conpūnctiō === Etymology === From compungō + -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔmˈpuːŋk.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [komˈpuŋk.t͡si.o] === Noun === compūnctiō f (genitive compūnctiōnis); third declension puncture (Late Latin) prick (e.g. of conscience) (Ecclesiastical Latin) remorse ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “compunctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “compunctio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.