coitio

Latin

Etymology

From coeō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koˈi.ti.oː/, [koˈɪt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈit.t͡si.o/, [koˈit̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

coitiō f (genitive coitiōnis); third declension

1. meeting

   Synonyms: cōntiō, concilium, congressus, concursus, coetus, conventus

2. (chemistry) combination
3. coitus, sexual intercourse

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coitiō	coitiōnēs
Genitive	coitiōnis	coitiōnum
Dative	coitiōnī	coitiōnibus
Accusative	coitiōnem	coitiōnēs
Ablative	coitiōne	coitiōnibus
Vocative	coitiō	coitiōnēs

Descendants

• → English: coition

See also

• abitiō
• ambitiō
• circumitiō
• contritiō
• interitiō
• praeteritiō
• prōditiō
• rēditiō
• sēditiō
• transitiō

References

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