coemptio

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ emptiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koˈeːmp.ti.oː/, [koˈeːmpt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈemp.t͡si.o/, [koˈɛmpt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

coēmptiō f (genitive coēmptiōnis); third declension

1. A mock sale or purchase, especially one used to free a wife from marriage obligations

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coēmptiō	coēmptiōnēs
Genitive	coēmptiōnis	coēmptiōnum
Dative	coēmptiōnī	coēmptiōnibus
Accusative	coēmptiōnem	coēmptiōnēs
Ablative	coēmptiōne	coēmptiōnibus
Vocative	coēmptiō	coēmptiōnēs

Descendants

• English: coemption

References

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