assumptio

English

Etymology

Latin assumptio. Doublet of assumption.

Noun

assumptio (uncountable)

1. (rhetoric) The introduction of a proposition into a speech, especially an extraneous one.

Anagrams

• potassium

Latin

Alternative forms

• adsūmptiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /asˈsuːmp.ti.oː/, [äs̠ˈs̠uːmpt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈsump.t͡si.o/, [äsˈsumpt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

assūmptiō f (genitive assūmptiōnis); third declension

1. taking, receiving, assumption
2. adoption

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	assūmptiō	assūmptiōnēs
Genitive	assūmptiōnis	assūmptiōnum
Dative	assūmptiōnī	assūmptiōnibus
Accusative	assūmptiōnem	assūmptiōnēs
Ablative	assūmptiōne	assūmptiōnibus
Vocative	assūmptiō	assūmptiōnēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: assumpció
• → English: assumption
• → French: assomption
• → Galician: asunción
• → Italian: assunzione
• → Romanian: asumpție
• → Portuguese: assunção
• → Spanish: asunción

References

• “assumptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• assumptio 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)
• assumptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.