indictio

Latin

Etymology

From indīcō +‎ -tiō, from in (“in, at, on; into”) + dīcō (“affirm, declare”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈdik.ti.oː/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪ɪkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈdik.t͡si.o/, [in̪ˈd̪ikt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

indictiō f (genitive indictiōnis); third declension

1. a declaration (in general)
2. a declaration or imposition of a tax
3. a Roman indiction (tax cycle usually of fifteen years)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	indictiō	indictiōnēs
genitive	indictiōnis	indictiōnum
dative	indictiōnī	indictiōnibus
accusative	indictiōnem	indictiōnēs
ablative	indictiōne	indictiōnibus
vocative	indictiō	indictiōnēs

Derived terms

• indictiōnālis

Related terms

• indictīcius
• indictīvus
• indictus

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: ἰνδικτίων (indiktíōn)

References

• “indictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• indictio 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)
• indictio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.