LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

cōnsecūtiō

cōnsecūtiō f (genitive cōnsecūtiōnis)

Meaning

  1. An effect, consequence.
  2. An order, connection, sequence.
  3. The act of acquiring or obtaining; attainment.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecōnsecūtiō
cōnsequutiō		cōnsecūtiōnēs
cōnsequutiōnēs
genitivecōnsecūtiōnis
cōnsequutiōnis		cōnsecūtiōnum
cōnsequutiōnum
dativecōnsecūtiōnī
cōnsequutiōnī		cōnsecūtiōnibus
cōnsequutiōnibus
accusativecōnsecūtiōnem
cōnsequutiōnem		cōnsecūtiōnēs
cōnsequutiōnēs
ablativecōnsecūtiōne
cōnsequutiōne		cōnsecūtiōnibus
cōnsequutiōnibus
vocativecōnsecūtiō
cōnsequutiō		cōnsecūtiōnēs
cōnsequutiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

causae rerum et consecutiones
cause and effect.

consĕcūtĭo (also consĕquūtĭo), ōnis, f. consequor (several times in Cic. as a philos. and rhet. t. t., elsewhere perh. only in late Lat.)
I. In philos. lang., an effect, consequence: ipsa detractio molestiae consecutionem adfert voluptatis, has pleasure as a consequence, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37; id. de Or. 3, 29, 113: simplex autem conclusio ex necessariā consecutione conficitur, id. Inv 1, 29, 45, id. Top. 13, 53 al.—Plur.: causas rerum et consecutiones videre, Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45.—*
II. In rhet. lang., the proper following of one thing after another, order, connection, sequence: verborum ... ne generibus, numeris, temporibus, personis, casibus perturbetur oratio, Cic. Part. Or. 6, 18.—
III. An acquiring, obtaining, attainment ( = adeptio; eccl. Lat.); with gen. obj.: baptismi, Tert. Bapt. 18 fin.: resurrectionis, id. Res. Carn. 52.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnsecūtiō From cōnsequor (“follow as a consequence or effect, ensue, result”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanconsecució
  • Frenchconsécution
  • Italianconsecuzione
  • Portugueseconsecução
  • Spanishconsecución
  • Galicianconsecución

Quick answers

What does cōnsecūtiō mean in Latin?
cōnsecūtiō, a noun, means “An effect, consequence.; An order, connection, sequence.; The act of acquiring or obtaining”.
What is the genitive of cōnsecūtiō?
The genitive singular is cōnsecūtiōnis. cōnsecūtiō is feminine, third declension.