noun · femininethird declension
coniugātiō
coniugātiō f (genitive coniugātiōnis)
Classical[kɔn.jʊˈɡaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[kon.juˈɡat.t͡si.o]
Meaning
- The act of combining, connecting or mixing together; mixture.
- The etymological relationship of words.
- conjugation
- syllogism
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | coniugātiō | coniugātiōnēs |
| genitive | coniugātiōnis | coniugātiōnum |
| dative | coniugātiōnī | coniugātiōnibus |
| accusative | coniugātiōnem | coniugātiōnēs |
| ablative | coniugātiōne | coniugātiōnibus |
| vocative | coniugātiō | coniugātiōnēs |
conjŭgātĭo, ōnis, f. conjugo (except twice in Cic. Top. only post-class.),
I. a combining, connecting; hence, prop., a mingling, mixture:
mellis et fellis, App. Flor. 4, n. 18, p. 359, 29: corporum, carnal intercourse, coition, Arn. 2, 54: uxoria, id. 5, 171: ursi velut humanis conjugationibus copulantur, Sol. 26, 3.—II. Esp., t. t.
A. In rhet., the etymological relationship of words, Gr. συζυγία, Cic. Top. 3, 12; 9, 38.—
B. In later gram., conjugation; earlier called declinatio, q. v.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 311; Commian. ap. Charis. p. 153 P.; Diom. p. 337 ib.; Prisc. p. 836 et saep.—
C. In logic, a syllogism:
propositionum, App. Dogm. Plat. p. 35.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
coniugātiō ōnis, f
coniugo.—Prop., a connection; hence, the etymological connection of words.
Origins
From coniugō + -tiō. In its grammatical sense, a calque of Ancient Greek συζυγίᾱ (suzugíā), earlier called dēclīnātiō.
Elsewhere
- Catalanconjugació
- Englishconjugation
- Frenchconjugaison
- GermanKonjugation
- GermanConjugation
- GermanConjugazion
- Italianconiugazione
- Occitanconjugason
- Portugueseconjugação
- Romanianconjugație
Serbo-Croatian
- Cyrillicконјугација
- Romankonjugacija
In English words that came into English from coniugātiō
- conjugationconiugātiō
- conjugateconiugātus