introductio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.troːˈduk.ti.oː/, [ɪn.troːˈdʊk.ti.oː]

Noun

intrōductiō f (genitive intrōductiōnis); 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	intrōductiō	intrōductiōnēs
genitive	intrōductiōnis	intrōductiōnum
dative	intrōductiōnī	intrōductiōnibus
accusative	intrōductiōnem	intrōductiōnēs
ablative	intrōductiōne	intrōductiōnibus
vocative	intrōductiō	intrōductiōnēs

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)