Latin

Noun

audītiō f ‎(genitive audītiōnis); third declension

1. A listening, hearing.
2. A rumor, hearsay, report.
3. A lesson, instruction.
4. The sense of hearing.

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (a listening): audītus
• (rumor): audītus
• (sense of hearing): audītus

Related terms

Descendants

References

• auditio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• auditio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• AUDITIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “auditio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to know from hearsay: auditione et fama accepisse aliquid