LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

assūmptiō

assūmptiō f (genitive assūmptiōnis)
Classical[asˈsuːmp.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[asˈsump.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. taking, receiving, assumption
  2. adoption

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeassūmptiōassūmptiōnēs
adsūmptiōnēs
genitiveassūmptiōnis
adsūmptiōnis		assūmptiōnum
adsūmptiōnum
dativeassūmptiōnī
adsūmptiōnī		assūmptiōnibus
adsūmptiōnibus
accusativeassūmptiōnem
adsūmptiōnem		assūmptiōnēs
adsūmptiōnēs
ablativeassūmptiōne
adsūmptiōne		assūmptiōnibus
adsūmptiōnibus
vocativeassūmptiōassūmptiōnēs
adsūmptiōnēs

assumptĭo (ads-; v. adsumo
I. init.), ōnis, f. assumo.
I. In gen., a taking, receiving, assumption (post-Aug. and very rare): adsumptio culturae, Pall. 1, 6, 12: quae adsumptio (eorum erit), nisi vita ex mortuis? Vulg. Rom. 11, 15: dies adsumptionis ejus (of the assumption of our Lord), ib. Luc. 9, 51.—
II. Esp.,
A. An eager reception, adoption: artes propter se adsumendas putamus, quia sit in his aliquid dignum adsumptione, Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 18.—
B. Meton. (abstr. for concr.), one that takes up (eccl. Lat.): Dominus est adsumptio nostra, Vulg. Psa. 88, 19.—Also (after the Hebrew), that which is taken up, lifted up (with the voice), a prophecy: (prophetae) viderunt tibi adsumptiones falsas, Vulg. Thren. 2, 14.—
C. In logic, t. t., the minor proposition of a syllogism (v. assumo, II. C.), Cic. Inv. 1, 37, 64: adsumptio, quam πρόσληψιν īdem (dialectici) vocant, id. Div. 2, 53, 108; Quint. 5, 14, 5 sq.; Isid. Orig. 2, 9, 2.—
D. In jurid. Lat., an addition, circumstance, = circumstantia, Dig. 28, 5, 46 fin.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinassūmptiō

Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin assūmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin assūmptiō From assūmō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanassumpció
  • Englishassumption
  • Frenchassomption
  • Italianassunzione
  • Romanianasumpție
  • Portugueseassunção
  • Spanishasunción
  • Galicianasunción

In English words that came into English from assūmptiō

  • assumptionassūmptiō
  • assumptioassūmptiō

Quick answers

What does assūmptiō mean in Latin?
assūmptiō, a noun, means “taking, receiving, assumption; adoption”.
What is the genitive of assūmptiō?
The genitive singular is assūmptiōnis. assūmptiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce assūmptiō?
In classical Latin, [asˈsuːmp.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [asˈsump.t͡si.o].
Where does assūmptiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin assūmptiō.