seductio

Latin

Etymology

From sēdūcō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seːˈduk.ti.oː/, [s̠eːˈd̪ʊkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈduk.t͡si.o/, [seˈd̪ukt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

sēductiō f (genitive sēductiōnis); third declension

1. separation
2. seduction

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sēductiō	sēductiōnēs
genitive	sēductiōnis	sēductiōnum
dative	sēductiōnī	sēductiōnibus
accusative	sēductiōnem	sēductiōnēs
ablative	sēductiōne	sēductiōnibus
vocative	sēductiō	sēductiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: seducció
• English: seduction
• French: séduction
• Italian: seduzione
• Portuguese: sedução
• Romanian: seducție
• Spanish: seducción

References

• “seductio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “seductio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• seductio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.