auctio

Latin

Etymology

From augeō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯k.ti.oː/, [ˈäu̯kt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯k.t͡si.o/, [ˈäu̯kt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

auctiō f (genitive auctiōnis); third declension

1. increase
2. auction

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	auctiō	auctiōnēs
Genitive	auctiōnis	auctiōnum
Dative	auctiōnī	auctiōnibus
Accusative	auctiōnem	auctiōnēs
Ablative	auctiōne	auctiōnibus
Vocative	auctiō	auctiōnēs

Derived terms

• auctiōnor

Descendants

• → English: auction
• → German: Auktion
  • → Bulgarian: аукцио́н (aukción)
• → Italian: auzione
• → Russian: аукцио́н m (aukción)
• → Spanish: aucción

References

• “auctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “auctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• auctio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “auctio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “auctio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin