exsecutio

exsecutio

Latin

Alternative forms

  • execūtiō

Etymology

    From exsequor + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    exsecūtiō f (genitive exsecūtiōnis); third declension

    1. performance, execution
      Exsecūtiō officiī plērumque certum suae ūtilitātis proximae sacrificium implicat.
      The performance of a duty usually involves a certain sacrifice of one's own immediate benefit.
    2. indictment

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative exsecūtiō exsecūtiōnēs
    genitive exsecūtiōnis exsecūtiōnum
    dative exsecūtiōnī exsecūtiōnibus
    accusative exsecūtiōnem exsecūtiōnēs
    ablative exsecūtiōne exsecūtiōnibus
    vocative exsecūtiō exsecūtiōnēs

    Descendants

    References

    • exsecutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • exsecutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • exsecutio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.