conceptio

Latin

Etymology

From concipiō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈkep.ti.oː/, [kɔŋˈkɛpt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈt͡ʃep.t͡si.o/, [kon̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛpt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

conceptiō f (genitive conceptiōnis); third declension

1. idea, notion, conception

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	conceptiō	conceptiōnēs
Genitive	conceptiōnis	conceptiōnum
Dative	conceptiōnī	conceptiōnibus
Accusative	conceptiōnem	conceptiōnēs
Ablative	conceptiōne	conceptiōnibus
Vocative	conceptiō	conceptiōnēs

Derived terms

• conceptiōnālis

Descendants

• Catalan: concepció
• English: conception
• French: conception
• Italian: concezione
• Polish: koncepcja

• Portuguese: conceição, concepção, conceção (Portugal), Conceição
• Romanian: concepție
• Russian: конце́пция (koncépcija)
• Spanish: concepción

References

• “conceptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conceptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conceptio 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)
• conceptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.