exactio

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Latin

Etymology

From exigō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

exāctiō f (genitive exāctiōnis); third declension

  1. expulsion
  2. requirement
  3. tax, tribute, impost
  4. lawsuit

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

  • French: exaction
  • Spanish: exacción

References

  • exactio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • exactio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exactio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • exactio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.