seditio

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Latin

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Etymology

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From sēd- (apart) +‎ itiō (going).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sēditiō f (genitive sēditiōnis); third declension

  1. insurrection, dissension, mutiny, sedition, rebellion, outbreak, uprising, riot
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.148–149:
      Ac velutī magnō in populō cum saepe coorta est
      sēditiō, saevitque animīs ignōbile volgus [...].
      And just as often [happens] when a riot breaks out in a massive crowd, and the common throng rages with passion [...].
  2. (by extension) discord, strife, quarrel, turmoil, dissension

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sēditiō sēditiōnēs
Genitive sēditiōnis sēditiōnum
Dative sēditiōnī sēditiōnibus
Accusative sēditiōnem sēditiōnēs
Ablative sēditiōne sēditiōnibus
Vocative sēditiō sēditiōnēs

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References

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  • seditio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • seditio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • seditio 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)
  • seditio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to cause a rebellion: seditionem facere, concitare
    • a rebellion breaks out: seditio erumpit