coniectio

Latin

Etymology

From cōniciō (“throw; bring together, connect”) +‎ -tiō, from con- (“with”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈi̯ek.ti.oː/, [kɔnˈi̯ɛkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈjek.t͡si.o/, [konˈjɛkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

coniectiō f (genitive coniectiōnis); third declension

1. a hurling, throwing
2. an inference, conjecture, interpretation
3. a subject of controversy
4. (law) a draft, summary or outline of a case
5. (figuratively) a putting together, comparing

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coniectiō	coniectiōnēs
Genitive	coniectiōnis	coniectiōnum
Dative	coniectiōnī	coniectiōnibus
Accusative	coniectiōnem	coniectiōnēs
Ablative	coniectiōne	coniectiōnibus
Vocative	coniectiō	coniectiōnēs

Related terms

• cōniciō
• coniectānea
• coniectārius
• coniectātiō
• coniectō
• coniector
• coniectrix
• coniectūra
• cōniectus

References

• “coniectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers