complexio

Latin

Etymology

From complector +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈplek.si.oː/, [kɔmˈpɫ̪ɛks̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈplek.si.o/, [komˈplɛksio]

Noun

complexiō f (genitive complexiōnis); third declension

1. combination, connection, association
2. dilemma
3. (Medieval Latin) complexion, constitution

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	complexiō	complexiōnēs
genitive	complexiōnis	complexiōnum
dative	complexiōnī	complexiōnibus
accusative	complexiōnem	complexiōnēs
ablative	complexiōne	complexiōnibus
vocative	complexiō	complexiōnēs

Related terms

• complexitās

Descendants

• → Old French: complexion
  • → Middle English: complexion
    • English: complexion, complection
  • French: complexion
• Portuguese: compleição, complexão

References

• “complexio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “complexio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• complexio 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)
• complexio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• complexio in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “complexio”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “complexio”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 229
• complexio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016