coniuratio

Latin

Alternative forms

• conjūrātiō

Etymology

From coniūrō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.i̯uːˈraː.ti.oː/, [kɔni̯uːˈräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.juˈrat.t͡si.o/, [konjuˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

coniūrātiō f (genitive coniūrātiōnis); third declension

1. a swearing together
2. a conspiracy, plot; confederacy, band of conspirators
   • 1832, Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos

     Hic autem vestram volumus excitatam pro religione constantiam adversus foedissimam in clericalem coelibatum coniurationem […]

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coniūrātiō	coniūrātiōnēs
Genitive	coniūrātiōnis	coniūrātiōnum
Dative	coniūrātiōnī	coniūrātiōnibus
Accusative	coniūrātiōnem	coniūrātiōnēs
Ablative	coniūrātiōne	coniūrātiōnibus
Vocative	coniūrātiō	coniūrātiōnēs

Related terms

• coniūrātus
• coniūrō

Descendants

• English: conjuration
• French: conjuration
• Italian: congiurazione
• Portuguese: conjuração
• Spanish: conjuración

References

• “coniuratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• coniuratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to form a conspiracy: coniurationem facere (Catil. 2. 4. 6)