pedicatio

English

Alternative forms

• paedicatio

Etymology

From New Latin pēdīcātio, from pēdīcō (“to anally penetrate”) +‎ -tiō (“-tion”); attested earlier in English in the form paedication, equivalent to French pédication.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpiːdɪˈkeɪʃɪəʊ/, /ˌpɛdɪˈkeɪʃɪəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛdəˈkeɪʃioʊ/

Noun

pedicatio (uncountable)

1. (archaic) anal sex

References

“paedicatio, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Latin

Alternative forms

• paedīcātiō

Etymology

From pēdīcō (“to anally penetrate”) +‎ -tiō (“-tion”, suffix forming abstract action nouns). Although the base verb is attested in the Classical Latin corpus, the derived noun in -tio is only attested postclassically; it seems likely its use was supported by analogy with the sexual terms irrumātiō (attested in Catullus) and fellātiō (attested postclassically).

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.diˈkat.t͡si.o/, [ped̪iˈkät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

pēdīcātiō f (genitive pēdīcātiōnis); third declension

1. (New Latin) anal sex, sodomy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pēdīcātiō	pēdīcātiōnēs
genitive	pēdīcātiōnis	pēdīcātiōnum
dative	pēdīcātiōnī	pēdīcātiōnibus
accusative	pēdīcātiōnem	pēdīcātiōnēs
ablative	pēdīcātiōne	pēdīcātiōnibus
vocative	pēdīcātiō	pēdīcātiōnēs

See also

• fellātiō
• irrumātiō