Latin

Noun

sēditiō f ‎(genitive sēditiōnis); third declension

1. insurrection, dissension, mutiny, sedition, rebellion
2. (by extension) discord, strife, quarrel, turmoil, dissension

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (insurrection, rebellion): insurrectiō, mōtus, rebellātiō, rebelliō, tumultus

Derived terms

• sēditiōsus

Related terms

• sēditiōsē

Descendants

• Catalan: sedició
• English: sedition
• French: sédition
• Portuguese: sedição
• Spanish: sedición

References

• seditio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• seditio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SEDITIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “seditio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to cause a rebellion: seditionem facere, concitare
    
  • a rebellion breaks out: seditio erumpit