suspectio

Latin

Etymology

From suspiciō (verb) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /susˈpek.ti.oː/, [s̠ʊs̠ˈpɛkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /susˈpek.t͡si.o/, [susˈpɛkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

suspectiō f (genitive suspectiōnis); third declension

1. a looking up to
2. an esteeming highly (very rare)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	suspectiō	suspectiōnēs
genitive	suspectiōnis	suspectiōnum
dative	suspectiōnī	suspectiōnibus
accusative	suspectiōnem	suspectiōnēs
ablative	suspectiōne	suspectiōnibus
vocative	suspectiō	suspectiōnēs

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal: sôpeçon
• Old French: sospeçon
  • French: soupçon
• Portuguese: suspeição
• → English: suspection, suspicion

References

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