LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

coitiō

coitiō f (genitive coitiōnis)
Classical[koˈɪ.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[koˈit.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. meeting
  2. combination
  3. coitus, sexual intercourse

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecoitiōcoitiōnēs
genitivecoitiōniscoitiōnum
dativecoitiōnīcoitiōnibus
accusativecoitiōnemcoitiōnēs
ablativecoitiōnecoitiōnibus
vocativecoitiōcoitiōnēs

cŏĭtĭo, ōnis, f. coëo. *
I. A coming or meeting together, a meeting: prima coitio est acerrima, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 32.—
II. Esp.
A. A uniting, banding together.
1. In gen. (rare): societatis, Dig. 17, 2, 70.—
2. In partic., in a bad sense, a conspiracy, plot, coalition (several times in Cic. and Liv.; elsewh. rare): suspitio coitionis, Cic. Planc. 22, 53; id. Clu. 54, 148: non factionibus modo nec per coitiones usitatas nobilibus, etc., Liv. 7, 32, 12; cf. id. 2, 35, 4; 3, 35, 9: candidatorum consularium, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 16: Memmii, id. ib. 2, 14 (15), 4: tribunorum, Liv. 3, 65, 8: facere, Cic. Planc. 22, 53; Liv. 9, 26, 9: dirimere, Cic. Att. 4, 18, 3.—
B. Sexual intercourse, coition (post-class. for coitus), Macr. S. 7, 16; Cod. Th. 15, 8, 2; Sol. 49 fin.; Lact. 1, 8, 6.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincoitiō

Latin eō Latin coeō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin coitiō From coeō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishcoition

In English words that came into English from coitiō

  • coitioncoitiō

Quick answers

What does coitiō mean in Latin?
coitiō, a noun, means “meeting; combination; coitus, sexual intercourse”.
What is the genitive of coitiō?
The genitive singular is coitiōnis. coitiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce coitiō?
In classical Latin, [koˈɪ.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [koˈit.t͡si.o].
Where does coitiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin coitiō.