coniuratio
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.i̯uːˈraː.ti.oː/, [kɔni̯uːˈräːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.juˈrat.t͡si.o/, [konjuˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun[edit]
coniūrātiō f (genitive coniūrātiōnis); third declension
- a swearing together
- a conspiracy, plot; confederacy, band of conspirators
- Synonyms: cōnsēnsus, cōnspīrātiō, cōnsēnsiō
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.2:
- Is, M. Messālā et M. Pupio Pīsōne cōnsulibus, rēgnī cupiditāte inductus coniūrātiōnem nōbilitātis fēcit, et cīvitātī persuāsit ut dē fīnibus suīs cum omnibus cōpiīs exīrent: perfacile esse, cum virtūte omnibus praestārent, tōtīus Galliae imperiō potīrī.
- He, with Marcus Messala and Marcus Piso being consuls, incited by a lust of power, formed a conspiracy amongst the nobility, and persuaded the people to come forth from their lands with all of their possessions, [saying] that it would be very easy, as they were all distinguished in valor, to acquire the supremacy over all of Gaul.
- Is, M. Messālā et M. Pupio Pīsōne cōnsulibus, rēgnī cupiditāte inductus coniūrātiōnem nōbilitātis fēcit, et cīvitātī persuāsit ut dē fīnibus suīs cum omnibus cōpiīs exīrent: perfacile esse, cum virtūte omnibus praestārent, tōtīus Galliae imperiō potīrī.
- 1832, Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos:
- Hic autem vestram volumus excitatam pro religione constantiam adversus foedissimam in clericalem coelibatum coniurationem […]
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Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | coniūrātiō | coniūrātiōnēs |
| Genitive | coniūrātiōnis | coniūrātiōnum |
| Dative | coniūrātiōnī | coniūrātiōnibus |
| Accusative | coniūrātiōnem | coniūrātiōnēs |
| Ablative | coniūrātiōne | coniūrātiōnibus |
| Vocative | coniūrātiō | coniūrātiōnēs |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old French: conjuraison, conjureison, conjurison
- Middle French: conjuraison, conjurison, conjuroison
- → Middle English: conjurisoun, conjorison, conjureson, conjuresoun, conjurison, conjurisun, conjurson, conjursion, conjurysoun
- → Old French: conjuracion, conjuration
- Middle French: conjuracion, conjuration
- French: conjuration
- → Middle English: conjuracioun, conjuraceoun, conjuracion, conjuracyoun
- English: conjuration
- Middle French: conjuracion, conjuration
- → Italian: congiurazione
- → Portuguese: conjuração
- → Romanian: conjurație
- → Spanish: conjuración
References[edit]
- “coniuratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- coniuratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to form a conspiracy: coniurationem facere (Catil. 2. 4. 6)
- to form a conspiracy: coniurationem facere (Catil. 2. 4. 6)