directio

Latin

Etymology

From dīrigō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

dīrēctiō f (genitive dīrēctiōnis); third declension

1. direction (act of directing)
2. aiming
3. righteousness
4. fairness
5. correction

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dīrēctiō	dīrēctiōnēs
Genitive	dīrēctiōnis	dīrēctiōnum
Dative	dīrēctiōnī	dīrēctiōnibus
Accusative	dīrēctiōnem	dīrēctiōnēs
Ablative	dīrēctiōne	dīrēctiōnibus
Vocative	dīrēctiō	dīrēctiōnēs

Related terms

• dīrēctus
• dīrigō

Descendants

• Asturian: direición
• Catalan: direcció
• Dutch: directie
• English: direction
• French: direction
• Galician: dirección
• German: Direktion
• Italian: direzione
• Occitan: direccion
• Piedmontese: diression
• → Portuguese: direção
• Romanian: direcție
• Russian: дирекция (direkcija)
• Spanish: dirección

References

• “directio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• directio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.