introductio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.troːˈduk.ti.oː/, [ɪn̪t̪roːˈd̪ʊkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.troˈduk.t͡si.o/, [in̪t̪roˈd̪ukt̪͡s̪io]

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

Declension

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

• 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.