Latin

Noun

condiciō f ‎(genitive condiciōnis); third declension

1. An agreement, contract, covenant, stipulation, pact, proposition.
2. A condition, term, demand.
3. A marriage, match.
4. (metonymically) A spouse, bride.
5. A love affair, amour.
6. (metonymically) A paramour, lover.
7. An external position, situation, rank, place, circumstances, condition.
8. A nature, mode, character, disposition, manner, condition.

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• condiciōnābilis
• condiciōnālis

Related terms

• condiciōnāliter
• condīcō
• condictiō

Descendants

• Portuguese: condição
• Russian: конди́ция ‎(kondícija)
• Spanish: condición

See also

• conditiō

References

• condicio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• condicio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “condicio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • that is the way of the world; such is life: haec est rerum humanarum condicio
    
  • this is our natural tendency, our destiny; nature compels us: ita (ea lege, ea condicione) nati sumus
    
  • to find one's circumstances altered for the better (the worse): meliore (deteriore) condicione esse, uti
    
  • the position of the lower classes: condicio ac fortuna hominum infimi generis
    
  • a match: condicio (uxoria) (Phil. 2. 38. 99)
    
  • a degraded, servile condition: infima fortuna or condicio servorum
    
  • on these terms: his condicionibus
    
  • to propose terms of peace: pacis condiciones ferre (not proponere)
    
  • to dictate the terms of peace to some one: pacis condiciones dare, dicere alicui (Liv. 29. 12)
    
  • to accept the terms of the peace: pacis condiciones accipere, subire (opp. repudiare, respuere)
    
  • peace is concluded on condition that..: pax convenit in eam condicionem, ut...