perceptio
Latin
Etymology
Coined by Cicero, from percipiō (“to seize; conceive; perceive”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛrˈkɛp.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [perˈt͡ʃɛp.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
perceptiō f (genitive perceptiōnis); third declension
- a taking, receiving, collecting, gathering
- (figuratively) perception, comprehension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | perceptiō | perceptiōnēs |
| genitive | perceptiōnis | perceptiōnum |
| dative | perceptiōnī | perceptiōnibus |
| accusative | perceptiōnem | perceptiōnēs |
| ablative | perceptiōne | perceptiōnibus |
| vocative | perceptiō | perceptiōnēs |
Synonyms
- (perception): comprehensiō
Related terms
Descendants
- → Catalan: percepció
- → English: perception
- → French: perception
- → Galician: percepción
- → Italian: percezione
- → Polish: percepcja
- → Portuguese: percepção (Brazil), perceção (Portugal)
- → Romanian: percepție
- Sicilian: pircizziuni
- → Spanish: percepción
References
- “perceptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perceptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perceptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.