superstitio

Latin

Etymology

From superstō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

superstitiō f (genitive superstitiōnis); third declension

1. superstition

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	superstitiō	superstitiōnēs
Genitive	superstitiōnis	superstitiōnum
Dative	superstitiōnī	superstitiōnibus
Accusative	superstitiōnem	superstitiōnēs
Ablative	superstitiōne	superstitiōnibus
Vocative	superstitiō	superstitiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: superstició
• French: superstition
  • → English: superstition
• Friulian: superstizion
• Galician: superstición
• Italian: superstizione
• Occitan: supersticion
• Piedmontese: superstission
• Portuguese: superstição
• Romanian: superstiție
• Spanish: superstición

References

• “superstitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “superstitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• superstitio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• superstitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • superstition has taken possession of their souls: superstitio mentes occupavit (Verr. 4. 51. 113)
    
  • to be tinged with superstition: superstitione imbutum esse
    
  • to be the slave of superstition: superstitione teneri, constrictum esse, obligatum esse
    
  • to absolutely annihilate superstition: superstitionem funditus tollere
    
  • to destroy superstition root and branch: superstitionem radicitus or penitus evellere
    
• “superstitio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “superstitio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin