assumptio

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin

NounEdit

assumptio ‎(plural assumptios)

1. (rhetoric) Introducing a proposition into a speech, especially an extraneous one.

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LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• adsūmptiō

NounEdit

assūmptiō f ‎(genitive assūmptiōnis); third declension

1. taking, receiving, assumption
2. adoption

InflectionEdit

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	assūmptiō	assūmptiōnēs
genitive	assūmptiōnis	assūmptiōnum
dative	assūmptiōnī	assūmptiōnibus
accusative	assūmptiōnem	assūmptiōnēs
ablative	assūmptiōne	assūmptiōnibus
vocative	assūmptiō	assūmptiōnēs

DescendantsEdit

• English: assumption
• Italian: assunzione
• Portuguese: assunção
• Spanish: asunción

ReferencesEdit

• assumptio in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ASSUMPTIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• assumptio in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.