religio

Esperanto

Noun

religio (plural religioj, accusative singular religion, accusative plural religiojn)

1. religion

Derived terms

• religiulo

---

Ido

Noun

religio (plural religii)

1. religion

---

Latin

Alternative forms

• relligiō

Etymology

Attested in classical Latin (1st century BC); frequently used by Cicero, who linked the word with relegō. Afterwards, the word was linked (mainly by Christian authors) to religō and obligātiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /reˈli.gi.oː/

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /reˈli.dʒi.oː/

• Audio (Ecclesiastical)

  (file)

• Audio (Roman)

  (file)

Noun

religiō (genitive religiōnis); f, third declension

1. scrupulousness, conscientious exactness
2. piety, religious scruple, religious awe, superstition, strict religious observance
3. scruples, conscientiousness
4. (of gods) sanctity
5. an object of worship, holy thing, holy place

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	religiō	religiōnēs
genitive	religiōnis	religiōnum
dative	religiōnī	religiōnibus
accusative	religiōnem	religiōnēs
ablative	religiōne	religiōnibus
vocative	religiō	religiōnēs

Related terms

• religiōsus
• cuius regiō, eius religiō

Descendants

• Dutch: religie f
• English: religion
• Esperanto: religio
• French: religion
• Portuguese: religião
• Russian: религия
• Spanish: religión f

Quotations

• 1772-1778 Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiæ by Finnur Jónsson, chapter one (Google books)

  De introductione religionis Christianæ in Islandiam.

  Of the introduction of Christianity to Iceland.

References

• religio in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

---

Polish

Noun

religio

1. Vocative singular of religia