addictio

Latin

Etymology

From addīcō (“I adjudge, award”) +‎ -tiō, from ad (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say, affirm, tell”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /adˈdik.ti.oː/, [äd̪ˈd̪ɪkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /adˈdik.t͡si.o/, [äd̪ˈd̪ikt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

addictiō f (genitive addictiōnis); third declension

1. The awarding, adjudging or adjudication of disputed property; award.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	addictiō	addictiōnēs
Genitive	addictiōnis	addictiōnum
Dative	addictiōnī	addictiōnibus
Accusative	addictiōnem	addictiōnēs
Ablative	addictiōne	addictiōnibus
Vocative	addictiō	addictiōnēs

Related terms

• addīcō
• addictus

Descendants

• Catalan: addicció
• English: addiction
• French: addiction
• Portuguese: adicção
• Romanian: adicție
• Spanish: adicción

References

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