introductio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From intrōdūcō (“to lead in”), from intrō (“into”) + dūcō (“to lead, to pull”), + -tio (“-tion, forming nouns from verbs”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.troːˈduk.ti.oː/, [ɪn̪t̪roːˈd̪ʊkt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.troˈduk.t͡si.o/, [in̪t̪roˈd̪ukt̪͡s̪io]
Noun[edit]
intrōductiō f (genitive intrōductiōnis); third declension
- innovation
- (literature) A lead-in; an introduction, a preface
- 1719, Johann Jakob Brucker:
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | intrōductiō | intrōductiōnēs |
| Genitive | intrōductiōnis | intrōductiōnum |
| Dative | intrōductiōnī | intrōductiōnibus |
| Accusative | intrōductiōnem | intrōductiōnēs |
| Ablative | intrōductiōne | intrōductiōnibus |
| Vocative | intrōductiō | intrōductiōnēs |
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: introducció
- English: introduction
- French: introduction
- Friulian: introduzion
- Galician: introdución
- Italian: introduzione
- Piedmontese: introdussion
- Portuguese: introdução
- Romanian: introducție
- Russian: интродукция (introdukcija)
- Spanish: introducción
References[edit]
- “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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette