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assumptio
assumptio
English
Noun
assumptio (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) Introducing a proposition into a speech, especially an extraneous one.
Latin
Alternative forms
Noun
assūmptiō f (genitive assūmptiōnis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | assūmptiō | assūmptiōnēs |
| genitive | assūmptiōnis | assūmptiōnum |
| dative | assūmptiōnī | assūmptiōnibus |
| accusative | assūmptiōnem | assūmptiōnēs |
| ablative | assūmptiōne | assūmptiōnibus |
| vocative | assūmptiō | assūmptiōnēs |
Descendants
- English: assumption
- Italian: assunzione
- Portuguese: assunção
- Spanish: asunción
References
- assumptio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ASSUMPTIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “assumptio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.