pactio

Latin

Etymology

From pacīscor (agree, stipulate), from pacō (make or come to an agreement).

Pronunciation

Noun

pactiō f (genitive pactiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of agreeing or covenanting; an agreement, covenant, contract, bargain, pact, treaty, truce.
  2. A corrupt bargaining, underhand agreement.
  3. A marriage contract.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pactiō pactiōnēs
Genitive pactiōnis pactiōnum
Dative pactiōnī pactiōnibus
Accusative pactiōnem pactiōnēs
Ablative pactiōne pactiōnibus
Vocative pactiō pactiōnēs

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References

  • pactio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pactio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pactio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • pactio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to conclude a treaty with some one: pactionem facere cum aliquo (Sall. Iug. 40)
  • pactio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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