noun · femininethird declension
conquīsītiō
conquīsītiō f (genitive conquīsītiōnis)
Classical[kɔŋ.kʷiːˈsiː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[koŋ.kʷiˈs̬it.t͡si.o]
Meaning
- levy; levying
- recruitment
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | conquīsītiō | conquīsītiōnēs |
| genitive | conquīsītiōnis | conquīsītiōnum |
| dative | conquīsītiōnī | conquīsītiōnibus |
| accusative | conquīsītiōnem | conquīsītiōnēs |
| ablative | conquīsītiōne | conquīsītiōnibus |
| vocative | conquīsītiō | conquīsītiōnēs |
conquīsītĭo, ōnis, f. conquiro,
I. a seeking or search for, a bringing together, procuring, collecting (rare, but in good prose).
I. In gen.:
pecuniarum, Tac. H. 2, 84: (sacrorum), id. Agr. 6 fin.: difficillimum est in omni conquisitione rationis exordium, Cic. Univ. 2 fin.: piaculorum, Liv. 7, 3, 3.—II. Milit. t. t., a levying, levy, Cic. Prov. Cons. 2, 5; Liv. 23, 32, 19; 25, 5, 9:
intentissima, id. 29, 35, 10 al.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
conquīsītiō ōnis, f
conquiro, a seeking out, search for, bringing together, procuring, collecting: diligentissima, Ta.: piaculorum, L.: pecuniarum, Ta.—A levying, levy, conscription: durissima: ingenuorum per agros, L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin conquīsītiō From conquīrō + -tiō.