illusio

See also: il·lusió

Latin

Etymology

From illūdō (“make sport of”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ilˈluː.si.oː/, [ɪlˈluː.si.oː]

Noun

illūsiō f (genitive illūsiōnis); third declension

A jeering, mocking
An illusion

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	illūsiō	illūsiōnēs
Genitive	illūsiōnis	illūsiōnum
Dative	illūsiōnī	illūsiōnibus
Accusative	illūsiōnem	illūsiōnēs
Ablative	illūsiōne	illūsiōnibus
Vocative	illūsiō	illūsiōnēs

Descendants

Catalan: il·lusió
Danish: illusion
English: illusion
French: illusion
Italian: illusione
Norwegian: illusjon (Bokmål), illusjon (Nynorsk)

Romanian: iluzie
Russian: иллюзия (illjuzija)
Spanish: ilusión
Swedish: illusion

References

illusio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
illusio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
illusio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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