sociatio

Latin

Etymology

From socius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /so.kiˈaː.ti.oː/, [s̠ɔkiˈäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /so.t͡ʃiˈat.t͡si.o/, [sot͡ʃiˈät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

sociātiō f (genitive sociātiōnis); third declension

1. union, association
   • c. 410 CE – c. 420 CE, Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii 2.109:

     Sic igitur rata inter eos sociatio copulam nuptialem vera ratione constrinxit, ex quo commodissimum sibi connubium laetabunda alio mentis fluctu multivida concitavit.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sociātiō	sociātiōnēs
genitive	sociātiōnis	sociātiōnum
dative	sociātiōnī	sociātiōnibus
accusative	sociātiōnem	sociātiōnēs
ablative	sociātiōne	sociātiōnibus
vocative	sociātiō	sociātiōnēs

References

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