noun · femininethird declension
pactiō
pactiō f (genitive pactiōnis)
Classical[ˈpak.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpak.t͡si.o]
Meaning
- The act of agreeing or covenanting; an agreement, covenant, contract, bargain, pact, treaty, truce.
- A corrupt bargaining, underhand agreement.
- A marriage contract.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pactiō paciō, pectiō | pactiōnēs paciōnēs, pectiōnēs |
| genitive | pactiōnis paciōnis, pectiōnis | pactiōnum paciōnum, pectiōnum |
| dative | pactiōnī paciōnī, pectiōnī | pactiōnibus paciōnibus, pectiōnibus |
| accusative | pactiōnem paciōnem, pectiōnem | pactiōnēs paciōnēs, pectiōnēs |
| ablative | pactiōne paciōne, pectiōne | pactiōnibus paciōnibus, pectiōnibus |
| vocative | pactiō paciō, pectiō | pactiōnēs paciōnēs, pectiōnēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- pactionem facere cum aliquo (Sall. Iug. 40)
- to conclude a treaty with some one.
pactĭo, ōnis, f. paciscor.
I. In gen., an agreeing, covenanting; an agreement, covenant, contract, bargain, pact (syn. pactum):
est autem pactio duorum plurinmve in idem placitum et consensum, Dig. 2, 14, 1: in pactionibus faciendis legem spectare, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 12: pactionem facere de aliquā re, id. Rosc. Com. 12, 34, and 14, 40: nefarias cum multis pactiones conflare, id. Har. Resp. 20, 42: pactionem cum aliquo facere, ut, etc., id. Att. 4, 18, 2: condiciones pactionesque bellicas perturbare perjurio, id. Off. 3, 29, 108; id. Caecin. 18, 51: arma per pactionem tradere, Liv. 9, 11: summā fide in pactione manere, Nep. Ag. 2, 4: talibus pactionibus pacem facere, conditions, id. Dion. 5: interpositā pactione, Just. 7, 6, 4; 22, 2, 3: pactionem de republicā facere, id. 35, 1, 4: collegam suum Antonium pactione provinciae perpulerat, ne, etc., by making over to him his province according to agreement, Sall. C. 26, 4: pactionem nuptialem facere, Liv. 4, 4: praemiorum, a promise, Cic. post Red. in Sen. 13, 31.—II. In partic.
A. An agreement, compact, between the farmers general and the inhabitants of a province:
pactiones cum aliquo conficere, Cic. Fam. 13, 65, 1; id. Att. 5, 13, 1.—B. A corrupt bargaining, an underhand agreement or compact:
nonnullos pactionis suspicionem non vitasse, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 17: Aulum spe pactionis perpulit, uti, etc., Sall. J. 38, 2; cf. id. C. 26, 4.—C. A truce:
aut pax aut pactio, Flor. 4, 12, 24.—D. Pactio verborum, a form of words:
ex pactione verborum, quibus jusjurandum comprehenditur, on account of the form of oath, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46; cf.: deos cum pactionibus adorare et formulis, Arn. 7 med.—E. A marriage-contract:
hic eam rem volt, scio, mecum adire ad pactionem (= mecum pacisci), Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 25.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pactiō ōnis, f
paciscor, an agreeing, agreement, covenant, contract, stipulation, bargain, pact : de civibus cum sociis facere pactiones: pactione libertatem perdere: neque ullum telum per pactiones loquentium traiciebatur, Cs.: arma per pactionem tradere, L.: talibus pactionibus pacem facere, conditions , N.: foederis: conlegam suum pactione provinciae perpulerat, ne, etc., by agreeing to yield him the province , S.: nuptialis, L.: praemiorum, promise.—An agreement between farmers general and the people of a province : pactiones cum civitatibus conficere.— A corrupt bargaining, underhand agreement : pactionis suspicionem non vitasse: Aulum spe pactionis perpulit, uti, etc., S.—In the phrase, pactio verborum, a form of words .
Origins
From pacīscor (“agree, stipulate”) + -tiō, from pacō (“make or come to an agreement”).
Descendants
- Englishpaction