coniectura

coniectura

Latin

Etymology

From cōniciō +‎ -tūra.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.i̯ekˈtuː.ra/, [kɔni̯ɛkˈt̪uːrä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.jekˈtu.ra/, [konjekˈt̪uːrä]

Noun

coniectūra f (genitive coniectūrae); first declension

1. conjecture, guess, conjectural inference
2. interpretation (of dreams), divining, soothsaying, prophesying

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coniectūra	coniectūrae
Genitive	coniectūrae	coniectūrārum
Dative	coniectūrae	coniectūrīs
Accusative	coniectūram	coniectūrās
Ablative	coniectūrā	coniectūrīs
Vocative	coniectūra	coniectūrae

Derived terms

• coniectūrālis

Related terms

• cōniciō
• coniectānea
• coniectārius
• coniectātiō
• coniectiō
• coniectō
• coniector
• coniectrix
• coniectūrāliter
• cōniectus

Descendants

• English: conjecture
• Italian: congettura
• Sardinian: congittura

References

• “coniectura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• coniectura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to conjecture: coniectura assequi, consequi, aliquid coniectura colligere
    
  • as far as I can guess: quantum ego coniectura assequor, auguror
    
  • to infer by comparison, judge one thing by another: coniecturam alicuius rei facere or capere ex aliqua re
    
  • to judge others by oneself: de se (ex se de aliis) coniecturam facere
    
  • it is a matter of conjecture, supposition: aliquid in coniectura positum est
    
  • it is a matter of conjecture, supposition: aliquid coniectura nititur, continetur (Div. 1. 14. 24)
    
  • to try to conjecture probabilities: probabilia coniectura sequi