coniuratio

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From coniūrō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

coniūrātiō f (genitive coniūrātiōnis); third declension

  1. a swearing together
  2. 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, that it would be very easy, as they were all distinguished in valor, to acquire the supremacy over all of Gaul.
    • 1832, Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos:
      Hic autem vestram volumus excitatam pro religione constantiam adversus foedissimam in clericalem coelibatum coniurationem […]
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Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative coniūrātiō coniūrātiōnēs
Genitive coniūrātiōnis coniūrātiōnum
Dative coniūrātiōnī coniūrātiōnibus
Accusative coniūrātiōnem coniūrātiōnēs
Ablative coniūrātiōne coniūrātiōnibus
Vocative coniūrātiō coniūrātiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to form a conspiracy: coniurationem facere (Catil. 2. 4. 6)