defectio

== Latin == === Etymology === From dēficiō + -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈfɛk.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [deˈfɛk.t͡si.o] === Noun === dēfectiō f (genitive dēfectiōnis); third declension defection, desertion Synonym: dēsertiō rebellion, revolt (of a city) failing, failure, deficiency, want, disappearance, decline Synonyms: cāritās, dēsīderium, egestās, dēficientia, necessitās, pēnūria, inopia, angustia, indigentia, ūsus eclipse ellipsis a fainting spell, failure of energy or stamina ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: defecció → English: defection French: défection Italian: defezione → Portuguese: defeção Romanian: defecțiune Spanish: defección === References === “defectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “defectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "defectio", 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) “defectio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.