usucapio

Latin

Etymology

From ūsus (use) +‎ capiō (take; take on).

Pronunciation

Noun

ūsūcapiō f (genitive ūsūcapiōnis); third declension

  1. The ownership or easement acquired by long use or possession; usucaption

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ūsūcapiō ūsūcapiōnēs
genitive ūsūcapiōnis ūsūcapiōnum
dative ūsūcapiōnī ūsūcapiōnibus
accusative ūsūcapiōnem ūsūcapiōnēs
ablative ūsūcapiōne ūsūcapiōnibus
vocative ūsūcapiō ūsūcapiōnēs

Verb

ūsūcapiō (present infinitive ūsūcapere, perfect active ūsūcēpī, supine ūsūcaptum); third conjugation -variant

  1. to acquire ownership or easement by long use or possession

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: usucapion
  • French: usucapion
  • Italian: usucapione
  • Portuguese: usucapião
  • Sicilian: usucapiuni
  • Spanish: usucapión

References

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