protractio

== Latin == === Etymology === From prōtrahō + -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [proːˈtrak.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [proˈtrak.t͡si.o] === Noun === prōtractiō f (genitive prōtractiōnis); third declension (post-Classical) a drawing out, lengthening, protraction c. 370 — c. 430, Macrobius, Somnium Scipionis, 1.12.5 c. 485 — c. 585, Cassiodorus Variarium, 12.2 ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “protractio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "protractio", 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) “protractio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.