LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

nōtiō

nōtiō f (genitive nōtiōnis)

Meaning

  1. acquaintance (becoming acquainted)
  2. examination, investigation
  3. notion, idea

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenōtiōnōtiōnēs
genitivenōtiōnisnōtiōnum
dativenōtiōnīnōtiōnibus
accusativenōtiōnemnōtiōnēs
ablativenōtiōnenōtiōnibus
vocativenōtiōnōtiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

vis et notio verbi, vocabuli
the fundamental meaning of a word.
notiones animo (menti) insitae, innatae
innate ideas.
quae notio or sententia subiecta est huic voci?
what is the meaning, the original sense of this word?
natura in omnium animis notionem dei impressit (N. D. 1. 16. 43)
Nature has implanted in all men the idea of a God.
notionem or rationem alicuius rei in animo informare or animo concipere
to form a conception, notion of a thing.

nōtĭo, ōnis, f. nosco,
I. a becoming acquainted, a making one's self acquainted with a person (syn.: cognitio, perceptio, notitia).
I. Lit. *
A. In gen.: quid tibi hanc aditiost? quid tibi hanc notiost, inquam, amicam meam? Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 62.—
B. In partic., a taking cognizance of a thing by a magistrate, an examination, investigation: ceteri agri omnes, sine ullo delectu, sine populi Romani notione, sine judicio senatās, decemvirisaddicentur, Cic. Agr. 2, 21, 57; pontificum, id. Dom. 13, 34: notionem ejus differre, id. Att. 11, 20, 2; censoria, id. Sest. 25, 55; cf. id. Prov. Cons. 19, 46; id. Pis. 5, 10: notiones animadversionesque censoriae, id. Off. 3, 31, 111: ad censore, non ad senatum, notionem de eo pertinere, Liv. 27, 25, 5: dilatā notione, Tac. A. 3, 59: notioni quindecimvirum is liber subicitur, id. ib. 6, 12: quid denique ad jus civile aut ad actoris notionem atque animadversionem ages injuriarum? the investigation and punishment sought by the plaintiff, Cic. Caecin. 12, 35; Dig. 42, 1, 5; 49, 1, 10; 50, 16, 99.—
II. Transf., an idea, conception, notion of a thing: notio rerum, Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114: cum rerum notiones in animis fiant, id. Fin. 3, 10, 33: simulac (homo) cepit intelligentiam, vel notionem potius quam appellant ἔννοιαν illi, etc., id. ib. 3, 6, 21; cf.: genus est notio ad plures differentias pertinens: Forma est notio, cujus, etc. Notionem appello, quod Graeci tum ἔννοιαν, tum πρόληψιν dicunt, id. Top. 7, 31; id. Tusc. 1, 24, 57; id. Fin. 5, 21, 59: in omnium animis deorum notionem impressit natura, id. N. D. 1, 16, 43; 2, 5, 13: intellegentiae nostrae, id. ib. 1, 11, 26: excute intellegentiam tuam ut videas, quae sit in eā species, forma et notio boni viri, id. Off. 3, 20, 81: neque alia huic verbo subjecta notio est, nisi, etc., id. Tusc. 5, 10, 29: de fortitudine, id. ib. 4, 24, 53: apud veteres dicebatur, professionem eorum (mathematicorum), non notitiam, esse prohibitam, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 2.

Origins

Latin nōscō Latin nōtus Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin nōtiō From nōtus (“known, acquainted”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalannoció
  • Frenchnotion
  • Italiannozione
  • Englishnotionfrom Middle English nocioun
  • Portuguesenoção
  • Spanishnoción
  • Friuliannozion
  • Galiciannoción
  • Piedmontesenossion

Quick answers

What does nōtiō mean in Latin?
nōtiō, a noun, means “acquaintance (becoming acquainted); examination, investigation; notion, idea”.
What is the genitive of nōtiō?
The genitive singular is nōtiōnis. nōtiō is feminine, third declension.