indictio

Latin

Etymology

From indīcō (“declare, proclaim”), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + dīcō (“affirm, declare”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈdik.ti.oː/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪ɪkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈdik.t͡si.o/, [in̪ˈd̪ikt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

indictiō f (genitive indictiōnis); third declension

1. declaration
2. impost, tax

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	indictiō	indictiōnēs
Genitive	indictiōnis	indictiōnum
Dative	indictiōnī	indictiōnibus
Accusative	indictiōnem	indictiōnēs
Ablative	indictiōne	indictiōnibus
Vocative	indictiō	indictiōnēs

Derived terms

• indictiōnālis

Related terms

• indictīcius
• indictīvus
• indictus

References

• “indictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• indictio 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)
• indictio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.