condicio

See also: condició

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈdi.ki.oː/, [kɔn̪ˈd̪ɪkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈdi.t͡ʃi.o/, [kon̪ˈd̪iːt͡ʃio]

Etymology 1

From condīcō (“I agree upon, promise; fix”) +‎ -iō (with the zero-grade ablaut variant of the root -dic-), from con- (“with”) + dīcō (“I say, speak”). Compare conditiō.

Noun

condiciō f (genitive condiciōnis); third declension

1. An agreement, contract, covenant, stipulation, pact, proposition.

   Synonyms: compositum, pactum, stipulātiō

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.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	condiciō	condiciōnēs
Genitive	condiciōnis	condiciōnum
Dative	condiciōnī	condiciōnibus
Accusative	condiciōnem	condiciōnēs
Ablative	condiciōne	condiciōnibus
Vocative	condiciō	condiciōnēs

Derived terms

• condiciōnābilis
• condiciōnālis

Related terms

• condiciōnāliter
• condīcō
• condictiō

Descendants

• Asturian: condición
• Catalan: condició
• Dutch: conditie
• Old French: condicion
  • → Middle English: condicioun
    • English: condition
  • Middle French: condition
    • French: condition
• Galician: condición
• German: Kondition
• Italian: condizione
• Occitan: condicion
• Portuguese: condição
• Romanian: condiție
• Russian: конди́ция (kondícija)
• Spanish: condición
• Swedish: kondition

Etymology 2

Spelling confusion due to the identical pronunciation in later Latin of -ti- and -ci-.

Noun

condiciō f (genitive condiciōnis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) Alternative spelling of 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
• condicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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...