usurpatio

Latin

Etymology

ūsurpō (“use; usurp”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uː.suːrˈpaː.ti.oː/, [uːs̠uːrˈpäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.surˈpat.t͡si.o/, [us̬urˈpät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

ūsūrpātiō f (genitive ūsūrpātiōnis); third declension

1. usage
2. usurpation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ūsūrpātiō	ūsūrpātiōnēs
Genitive	ūsūrpātiōnis	ūsūrpātiōnum
Dative	ūsūrpātiōnī	ūsūrpātiōnibus
Accusative	ūsūrpātiōnem	ūsūrpātiōnēs
Ablative	ūsūrpātiōne	ūsūrpātiōnibus
Vocative	ūsūrpātiō	ūsūrpātiōnēs

Related terms

• ūsus

Descendants

• Catalan: usurpació
• English: usurpation
• French: usurpation
• Galician: usurpación
• Italian: usurpazione
• Occitan: usurpacion
• Piedmontese: usurpassion
• Portuguese: usurpação
• Romanian: uzurpație
• Russian: узурпа́ция (uzurpácija)
• Spanish: usurpación

References

• “usurpatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “usurpatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• usurpatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “usurpatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin