captio
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkap.ti.oː/, [ˈkäpt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkap.t͡si.o/, [ˈkäpt̪͡s̪io]
Etymology 1
From capiō + -tiō.
Noun
captiō f (genitive captiōnis); third declension
- deception, fraud, deceit, trick
- quibble
- catch
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | captiō | captiōnēs |
| Genitive | captiōnis | captiōnum |
| Dative | captiōnī | captiōnibus |
| Accusative | captiōnem | captiōnēs |
| Ablative | captiōne | captiōnibus |
| Vocative | captiō | captiōnēs |
Derived terms
- captensula
- captiuncula
Descendants
- → Catalan: capció (learned)
- → English: caption
Etymology 2
Modification of captō. Displaced for the most part the Classical verb vēnor (“to hunt”).
Verb
captiō (present infinitive captiāre, perfect active captiāvī, supine captiātum); first conjugation
- (Late Latin) Alternative form of captō (“to grasp at, long for”)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of captiō (first conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | captiō | captiās | captiat | captiāmus | captiātis | captiant |
| imperfect | captiābam | captiābās | captiābat | captiābāmus | captiābātis | captiābant | |
| future | captiābō | captiābis | captiābit | captiābimus | captiābitis | captiābunt | |
| perfect | captiāvī | captiāvistī | captiāvit | captiāvimus | captiāvistis | captiāvērunt, captiāvēre | |
| pluperfect | captiāveram | captiāverās | captiāverat | captiāverāmus | captiāverātis | captiāverant | |
| future perfect | captiāverō | captiāveris | captiāverit | captiāverimus | captiāveritis | captiāverint | |
| passive | present | captior | captiāris, captiāre | captiātur | captiāmur | captiāminī | captiantur |
| imperfect | captiābar | captiābāris, captiābāre | captiābātur | captiābāmur | captiābāminī | captiābantur | |
| future | captiābor | captiāberis, captiābere | captiābitur | captiābimur | captiābiminī | captiābuntur | |
| perfect | captiātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | captiātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | captiātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | captiem | captiēs | captiet | captiēmus | captiētis | captient |
| imperfect | captiārem | captiārēs | captiāret | captiārēmus | captiārētis | captiārent | |
| perfect | captiāverim | captiāverīs | captiāverit | captiāverīmus | captiāverītis | captiāverint | |
| pluperfect | captiāvissem | captiāvissēs | captiāvisset | captiāvissēmus | captiāvissētis | captiāvissent | |
| passive | present | captier | captiēris, captiēre | captiētur | captiēmur | captiēminī | captientur |
| imperfect | captiārer | captiārēris, captiārēre | captiārētur | captiārēmur | captiārēminī | captiārentur | |
| perfect | captiātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | captiātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | captiā | — | — | captiāte | — |
| future | — | captiātō | captiātō | — | captiātōte | captiantō | |
| passive | present | — | captiāre | — | — | captiāminī | — |
| future | — | captiātor | captiātor | — | — | captiantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | captiāre | captiāvisse | captiātūrum esse | captiārī | captiātum esse | captiātum īrī | |
| participles | captiāns | — | captiātūrus | — | captiātus | captiandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| captiandī | captiandō | captiandum | captiandō | captiātum | captiātū | ||
Derived terms
- recaptiō
Descendants
- → Albanian: kafshoj
- Aromanian: acats, cãtsari
- Asturian: cazar, caciar
- Catalan: caçar
- Franco-Provençal: chacier
- Friulian: cjaçâ, čhačâ
- Galician: cachar
- Italian: cacciare
- Old French: chacier, chacer; cachier
- French: chasser
- Occitan: caçar
- Old Portuguese: caçar
- Fala: cazal
- Galician: cazar
- Portuguese: caçar
- Romanian: agăța, agățare, acăța
- Romansch: chatschar
- Sardinian: cassai, acassare, cassare, catzare
- Sicilian: cacciari
- Spanish: cazar
- Tarantino: caccià
- Venetian: casar, caçar, cazhar
References
- “captio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “captio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- captio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- captio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a fallacious argument; sophism: conclusiuncula fallax or captio
- a fallacious argument; sophism: conclusiuncula fallax or captio