LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

fictiō

fictiō f (genitive fictiōnis)

Meaning

  1. fashioning, forming, formation
  2. fiction

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefictiōfictiōnēs
genitivefictiōnisfictiōnum
dativefictiōnīfictiōnibus
accusativefictiōnemfictiōnēs
ablativefictiōnefictiōnibus
vocativefictiōfictiōnēs

fictĭo, ōnis, f. fingo (post-Aug.; esp. freq. in Quint.).
I. A making, fashioning, forming, formation (cf.: confictio, figmentum): (animalis) fictio a capite sumit exordium, Lact. Opif. D. 12: hominis, i. e. creation, id. 4, 4; 2, 9: nominum fictio adjectis, detractis, mutatis litteris, Quint. 6, 3, 53; 8, 3, 19; Ὀνοματοποιΐα, id est fictio nominis, id. 8, 6, 31; 9, 1, 5: Furium, veterem poëtam, dedecorasse linguam Latinam hujuscemodi vocum fictionibus, quae, etc., Gell. 18, 11, 2. —
II. In partic.
A. A feigning, counterfeiting, disguising: in figura totius voluntatis fictio est, apparens magis quam confessa, Quint. 9, 2, 46: poëtarum, fictions, Lact. 1, 21 fin.: fictiones personarum, quae προσωποποιΐαι dicuntur, Quint. 9, 2, 29: personae, id. 9, 3, 89; 11, 1, 39; Vulg. Sap. 7, 13.—
B. Rhet. t. t., an assumed or fictitious case, a supposition, fiction: adhuc est subtilior illa ex simili translatio, cum, quod in alia re fieri solet, in aliam mutuantur. Ea dicatur sane fictio, Quint. 6, 3, 61; cf.: duci argumenta non a confessis tantum, sed etiam a fictione, quod Graeci καθʼ ὑπόθεσιν vocant, id. 5, 10, 95 Spald.: est et illa ex ironia fictio, qua usus est C. Caesar, etc., id. 6, 3, 91.—
C. Jurid. t. t.: fictio legis, a fictitious assumption in a case, a fiction, Gai. Inst. 3, 56; Dig. 35, 2, 1, § 1; 18; 41, 3, 15. For an account of the fictions in use in the formulas of the Roman law, v. Gai. Inst. 4, 32-38; cf. Savigny, Du Droit Romain, 5, pp. 76-84.

Origins

From fingō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanficció
  • Englishfiction
  • Frenchfiction
  • GermanFiktion
  • Italianfinzione
  • Occitanficcion
  • Portugueseficção
  • Romanianficțiune
  • Spanishficción
  • Afrikaansfiksie

In English words that came into English from fictiō

  • fictionfictiō
  • fictious*fictiōsus

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesFictioFictio Fictions in Roman law are like fictions in English law, of which it has been said that they are those things that have no real essence in their…

Quick answers

What does fictiō mean in Latin?
fictiō, a noun, means “fashioning, forming, formation; fiction”.
What is the genitive of fictiō?
The genitive singular is fictiōnis. fictiō is feminine, third declension.