suspectio

Latin

Etymology

From suspiciō (verb) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

suspectiō f (genitive suspectiōnis); third declension

  1. a looking up to
  2. an esteeming highly (very rare)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative suspectiō suspectiōnēs
genitive suspectiōnis suspectiōnum
dative suspectiōnī suspectiōnibus
accusative suspectiōnem suspectiōnēs
ablative suspectiōne suspectiōnibus
vocative suspectiō suspectiōnēs

Descendants

  • Franco-Provençal: sôpeçon
  • Old French: sospeçon
  • Portuguese: suspeição
  • → English: suspection, suspicion

References

  • “suspectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • suspectio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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