persecutio

== Latin == === Etymology === From persequor + -tiō. === Noun === persecūtiō f (genitive persecūtiōnis); third declension pursuit, chase prosecution persecution (of Christians) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “persecutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “persecutio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.