seditio

seditio

Latin

Etymology

    From sēd- (apart) + itiō (going).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    sēditiō f (genitive sēditiōnis); third declension

    1. insurrection, dissension, mutiny, sedition, rebellion, outbreak, uprising, riot
      Synonyms: insurrēctiō, mōtus, rebellātiō, rebelliō, tumultus, inquiēs, inquiētūdō
      Synonyms: otium, tranquillitās, serēnitās, pāx
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.148–149:
        Ac velutī magnō in populō cum saepe coorta est
        sēditiō, saevitque animīs ignōbile volgus [...].
        And just as often [happens] when a riot breaks out in a massive crowd, and the common throng rages with passion [...].
    2. (by extension) discord, strife, quarrel, turmoil, dissension

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative sēditiō sēditiōnēs
    genitive sēditiōnis sēditiōnum
    dative sēditiōnī sēditiōnibus
    accusative sēditiōnem sēditiōnēs
    ablative sēditiōne sēditiōnibus
    vocative sēditiō sēditiōnēs

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    References

    • seditio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • seditio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "seditio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • seditio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to cause a rebellion: seditionem facere, concitare
      • a rebellion breaks out: seditio erumpit