captio

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.ti.oː/, [ˈkäpt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkap.t͡si.o/, [ˈkäpt̪͡s̪io]

Etymology 1

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From capiō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

captiō f (genitive captiōnis); third declension

1. deception, fraud, deceit
2. quibble
3. catch

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	captiō	captiōnēs
Genitive	captiōnis	captiōnum
Dative	captiōnī	captiōnibus
Accusative	captiōnem	captiōnēs
Ablative	captiōne	captiōnibus
Vocative	captiō	captiōnēs

Derived terms

• captensula
• captiuncula

Descendants

• English: caption

Etymology 2

Modification of captō. Displaced for the most part the Classical verb vēnor (“to hunt”).

Verb

captiō (present infinitive captiāre, perfect active captiāvī, supine captiātum); first conjugation

1. (Late Latin) Alternative form of captō (“to grasp at, long for”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of captiō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	captiō	captiās	captiat	captiāmus	captiātis	captiant
	imperfect	captiābam	captiābās	captiābat	captiābāmus	captiābātis	captiābant
	future	captiābō	captiābis	captiābit	captiābimus	captiābitis	captiābunt
	perfect	captiāvī	captiāvistī	captiāvit	captiāvimus	captiāvistis	captiāvērunt, captiāvēre
	pluperfect	captiāveram	captiāverās	captiāverat	captiāverāmus	captiāverātis	captiāverant
	future perfect	captiāverō	captiāveris	captiāverit	captiāverimus	captiāveritis	captiāverint
passive	present	captior	captiāris, captiāre	captiātur	captiāmur	captiāminī	captiantur
	imperfect	captiābar	captiābāris, captiābāre	captiābātur	captiābāmur	captiābāminī	captiābantur
	future	captiābor	captiāberis, captiābere	captiābitur	captiābimur	captiābiminī	captiābuntur
	perfect	captiātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	captiātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	captiātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	captiem	captiēs	captiet	captiēmus	captiētis	captient
	imperfect	captiārem	captiārēs	captiāret	captiārēmus	captiārētis	captiārent
	perfect	captiāverim	captiāverīs	captiāverit	captiāverīmus	captiāverītis	captiāverint
	pluperfect	captiāvissem	captiāvissēs	captiāvisset	captiāvissēmus	captiāvissētis	captiāvissent
passive	present	captier	captiēris, captiēre	captiētur	captiēmur	captiēminī	captientur
	imperfect	captiārer	captiārēris, captiārēre	captiārētur	captiārēmur	captiārēminī	captiārentur
	perfect	captiātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	captiātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	captiā	—	—	captiāte	—
	future	—	captiātō	captiātō	—	captiātōte	captiantō
passive	present	—	captiāre	—	—	captiāminī	—
	future	—	captiātor	captiātor	—	—	captiantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		captiāre	captiāvisse	captiātūrum esse	captiārī	captiātum esse	captiātum īrī
participles		captiāns	—	captiātūrus	—	captiātus	captiandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		captiandī	captiandō	captiandum	captiandō	captiātum	captiātū

Derived terms

• recaptiō

Descendants

• Albanian: kafshoj
• Aromanian: acats, cãtsari
• Asturian: cazar, caciar
• Catalan: caçar
• Fala: cazal
• Franco-Provençal: chacier
• Friulian: cjaçâ, čhačâ
• Galician: cazar, cachar
• Italian: cacciare
• Old French: chacier, chacer; cachier
  • French: chasser

• Occitan: caçar
• Old Galician-Portuguese: caçar
  • Portuguese: caçar
• Romanian: agăța, agățare, acăța
• Romansch: chatschar
• Sardinian: cassai, acassare, cassare, catzare
• Sicilian: cacciari
• Spanish: cazar
• Taratino: caccià
• Venetian: casar, caçar, cazhar

References

• “captio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “captio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• captio 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)
• captio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a fallacious argument; sophism: conclusiuncula fallax or captio