introductio

Latin

Etymology

From intrōdūcō (“to lead in”), from intrō (“into”) + dūcō (“to lead, to pull”), + -tio (“-tion, forming nouns from verbs”)

Noun

intrōductīō f (genitive intrōductīōnis); third declension

1. innovation
2. (literature) A lead-in; an introduction, a preface
   • 1719, Johann Jakob Brucker:

     Tentamen Introductionis in Historiam Doctrinae Logicae de Ideis

     An Essay Introducing the History of the Logical Doctrine of Ideas

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	intrōductīō	intrōductīōnēs
genitive	intrōductīōnis	intrōductīōnum
dative	intrōductīōnī	intrōductīōnibus
accusative	intrōductīōnem	intrōductīōnēs
ablative	intrōductīōne	intrōductīōnibus
vocative	intrōductīō	intrōductīōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: introducció
• English: introduction
• French: introduction
• Italian: introduzione

• Portuguese: introdução
• Romanian: introducție
• Russian: интродукция (introdukcija)
• Spanish: introducción

References

• introductio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• introductio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “introductio” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)