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Noun

adicio ‎(accusative singular adicion, plural adicioj, accusative plural adiciojn)

1. (mathematical) addition

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /adˈi.ki.oː/

Etymology

From ad- ‎(“to, towards, at”) +‎ iaciō ‎(“I throw, hurl”).

Verb

adiciō ‎(present infinitive adicere, perfect active adiēcī, supine adiectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I throw, hurl, cast or fling an object to, towards, or at.
2. I direct my mind, eye or attention to, turn to.
3. I attach, insert; apply, assign; add, increase, add to; intensify.
4. (in auctions) I add to a bid, outbid.
5. I add (as a proviso); add to something that has already been said.
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 26.1

     Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.

     The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (attach, add): adalligō, addō, applicō, illigō
• (increase): adaugeō, amplificō, ampliō, augeō, crēscō, cumulō, extendō, incitō, multiplicō
• (intensify): incitō

Antonyms

• (attach, add): abdō, āmōlior, āmoveō, auferō, dēmoveō, dētrahō, ēripiō, eximō, tollō
• (assign): āmandō, relēgō, removeō

Derived terms

• adiectīcius
• adiectiō
• adiectīvus
• adiectus

Related terms

References

• adicio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• adicio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ADICIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “adicio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.