coemptio

coemptio

Latin

Etymology

    From con- + emptiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    coēmptiō f (genitive coēmptiōnis); third declension

    1. A mock sale or purchase, especially one used to free a wife from marriage obligations

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative coēmptiō coēmptiōnēs
    genitive coēmptiōnis coēmptiōnum
    dative coēmptiōnī coēmptiōnibus
    accusative coēmptiōnem coēmptiōnēs
    ablative coēmptiōne coēmptiōnibus
    vocative coēmptiō coēmptiōnēs

    Descendants

    • English: coemption

    References

    • coemptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • coemptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • coemptio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • coemptio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • coemptio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin