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captio
captio
Latin
Noun
captiō f (genitive captiōnis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | captiō | captiōnēs |
| genitive | captiōnis | captiōnum |
| dative | captiōnī | captiōnibus |
| accusative | captiōnem | captiōnēs |
| ablative | captiōne | captiōnibus |
| vocative | captiō | captiōnēs |
Descendants
- English: caption
Etymology 2
Found in Late Latin, alternative form of captō.
Verb
captiō (present infinitive captiāre, perfect active captiāvī, supine captiātum); first conjugation
- (Late Latin) Alternative form of captō ("I grasp at"; "I long for").
Inflection
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References
- captio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- captio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CAPTIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “captio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a fallacious argument; sophism: conclusiuncula fallax or captio
- a fallacious argument; sophism: conclusiuncula fallax or captio