perceptio

Latin

Etymology

Coined by Cicero, from percipiō (“to seize; conceive; perceive”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈkep.ti.oː/, [pɛrˈkɛpt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈt͡ʃep.t͡si.o/, [perˈt͡ʃɛpt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

perceptiō f (genitive perceptiōnis); third declension

1. a taking, receiving, collecting, gathering
2. (figuratively) perception, comprehension

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	perceptiō	perceptiōnēs
Genitive	perceptiōnis	perceptiōnum
Dative	perceptiōnī	perceptiōnibus
Accusative	perceptiōnem	perceptiōnēs
Ablative	perceptiōne	perceptiōnibus
Vocative	perceptiō	perceptiōnēs

Synonyms

• (perception): comprehensiō

Related terms

• perceptībilis
• perceptor
• perceptus
• percipibilis

Descendants

• → Catalan: percepció
• → English: perception
• → French: perception
• → Galician: percepción
• → Italian: percezione
• → Polish: percepcja
• → Portuguese: percepção (Brazil), perceção (Portugal)
• → Romanian: percepție
• Sicilian: pircizziuni
• → Spanish: percepción

References

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