praedictio

Latin

Etymology

From praedictus, from praedicō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈdik.ti.oː/, [präe̯ˈd̪ɪkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈdik.t͡si.o/, [preˈd̪ikt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

praedictiō f (genitive praedictiōnis); third declension

1. foretelling, prediction

   Synonyms: praedictum, prophētīa, fātum

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	praedictiō	praedictiōnēs
Genitive	praedictiōnis	praedictiōnum
Dative	praedictiōnī	praedictiōnibus
Accusative	praedictiōnem	praedictiōnēs
Ablative	praedictiōne	praedictiōnibus
Vocative	praedictiō	praedictiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: predicció
• English: prediction
• French: prédiction
• Italian: predizione
• Portuguese: predição
• Romanian: predicție
• Spanish: predicción

References

• “praedictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praedictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praedictio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.