LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

exāctiō

exāctiō f (genitive exāctiōnis)
Classical[ɛkˈsaːk.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[eɡˈzak.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. expulsion
  2. requirement
  3. tax, tribute, impost
  4. lawsuit

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeexāctiōexāctiōnēs
genitiveexāctiōnisexāctiōnum
dativeexāctiōnīexāctiōnibus
accusativeexāctiōnemexāctiōnēs
ablativeexāctiōneexāctiōnibus
vocativeexāctiōexāctiōnēs

exactĭo, ōnis, f. exigo. *
I. A driving out, expelling: (regum), Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37 (perh. only on account of the preceding exactis regibus).—
II. A demanding, exacting, requisition.
A. In gen.: in exhibendis operariis, Lact. Mort. Pers. 7, 8: quotidiana, operis, Col. 11, 1, 26.—Hence, the supervision, conduct of a public work; cf. exactor, II. A.: operum publicorum, Cic. Dom. 20, 51.—Far more freq.,
B. In partic., a calling in, collecting of debts, Cic. Att. 5, 1; id. Leg. 2, 20, 51; Liv. 38, 38; Dig. 42, 8, 24: vectigalium, Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 28 et saep.—
2. Transf., a tax, tribute, impost: acerbissima capitum atque ostiorum, poll and hearth tax, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5: publicae, Asin. Pol. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32; cf. illicitae, Tac. A. 13, 51; and: exactionum coactor (pater Horatii), Suet. Vita Hor.—
III. A finishing, completion, Vitr. 3, 1; 6, 11; Aus. Idyll. 11, 5.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exāctiō From exigō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Frenchexactionfrom Old French exaccion
  • Englishexactionfrom Old French exaccion
  • Spanishexacción
  • Middle Scotsexactiounfrom Old French exaccion

In English words that came into English from exāctiō

  • exactionexāctiō

Quick answers

What does exāctiō mean in Latin?
exāctiō, a noun, means “expulsion; requirement; tax, tribute, impost”.
What is the genitive of exāctiō?
The genitive singular is exāctiōnis. exāctiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce exāctiō?
In classical Latin, [ɛkˈsaːk.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eɡˈzak.t͡si.o].