Latin

Noun

coniectūra f ‎(genitive coniectūrae); first declension

1. conjecture, guess, conjectural inference
2. interpretation (of dreams), divining, soothsaying, prophesying

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• coniectūrālis

Related terms

Descendants

• English: conjecture
• Italian: congettura
• Sardinian: congittura

References

• coniectura in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “coniectura”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to conjecture: coniectura assequi, consequi, aliquid coniectura colligere
    
  • as far as I can guess: quantum ego coniectura assequor, auguror
    
  • to infer by comparison, judge one thing by another: coniecturam alicuius rei facere or capere ex aliqua re
    
  • to judge others by oneself: de se (ex se de aliis) coniecturam facere
    
  • it is a matter of conjecture, supposition: aliquid in coniectura positum est
    
  • it is a matter of conjecture, supposition: aliquid coniectura nititur, continetur (Div. 1. 14. 24)
    
  • to try to conjecture probabilities: probabilia coniectura sequi