sanctio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sānktjō. Equivalent to sanciō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːnk.ti.oː/, [ˈs̠äːŋkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsank.t͡si.o/, [ˈsäŋkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

sānctiō f (genitive sānctiōnis); third declension

1. law, decree
2. penalty, sanction

   Synonyms: supplicium, poena, pūnītiō, mercēs, vindicātiō, pretium, animadversus, exemplum, malum

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sānctiō	sānctiōnēs
genitive	sānctiōnis	sānctiōnum
dative	sānctiōnī	sānctiōnibus
accusative	sānctiōnem	sānctiōnēs
ablative	sānctiōne	sānctiōnibus
vocative	sānctiō	sānctiōnēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: sanció
• → Dutch: sanctie
• → English: sanction
• → French: sanction
• → Galician: sanción
• → Italian: sanzione
• → Piedmontese: sansion
• → Portuguese: sanção
• → Romanian: sancțiune
• → Russian: санкция (sankcija)
• → Sicilian: sanziuni
• → Spanish: sanción

References

• sanctio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “sanctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sanctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sanctio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “sanctio”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly