Latin

Noun

superstitiō f ‎(genitive superstitiōnis); third declension

1. superstition

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• French: superstition
• Italian: superstizione
• Portuguese: superstição
• Spanish: superstición

References

• superstitio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• superstitio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SUPERSTITIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “superstitio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • superstition has taken possession of their souls: superstitio mentes occupavit (Verr. 4. 51. 113)
    
  • to be tinged with superstition: superstitione imbutum esse
    
  • to be the slave of superstition: superstitione teneri, constrictum esse, obligatum esse
    
  • to absolutely annihilate superstition: superstitionem funditus tollere
    
  • to destroy superstition root and branch: superstitionem radicitus or penitus evellere
    
• superstitio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• superstitio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin