addictio

Latin

Etymology

From addīcō (I adjudge, award) +‎ -tiō, from ad (to, towards, at) + dīcō (say, affirm, tell).

Pronunciation

Noun

addictiō f (genitive addictiōnis); third declension

  1. The awarding, adjudging or adjudication of disputed property; award.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative addictiō addictiōnēs
genitive addictiōnis addictiōnum
dative addictiōnī addictiōnibus
accusative addictiōnem addictiōnēs
ablative addictiōne addictiōnibus
vocative addictiō addictiōnēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: addicció
  • English: addiction
  • French: addiction
  • Portuguese: adicção
  • Romanian: adicție
  • Spanish: adicción

References

  • addictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • addictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • addictio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • addictio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • addictio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin