captio

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From capiō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

captiō f (genitive captiōnis); third declension

  1. deception, fraud, deceit
  2. quibble
  3. catch

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative captiō captiōnēs
Genitive captiōnis captiōnum
Dative captiōnī captiōnibus
Accusative captiōnem captiōnēs
Ablative captiōne captiōnibus
Vocative captiō captiōnēs

Derived terms
  • captensula
  • captiuncula

Descendants

Etymology 2

Modification of captō. Displaced for the most part the Classical verb vēnor (“to hunt”).

Verb

captiō (present infinitive captiāre, perfect active captiāvī, supine captiātum); first conjugation

  1. (Late Latin) Alternative form of captō (“to grasp at, long for”)

Inflection
   Conjugation of captio (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present captiō captiās captiat captiāmus captiātis captiant
imperfect captiābam captiābās captiābat captiābāmus captiābātis captiābant
future captiābō captiābis captiābit captiābimus captiābitis captiābunt
perfect captiāvī captiāvistī captiāvit captiāvimus captiāvistis captiāvērunt, captiāvēre
pluperfect captiāveram captiāverās captiāverat captiāverāmus captiāverātis captiāverant
future perfect captiāverō captiāveris captiāverit captiāverimus captiāveritis captiāverint
passive present captior captiāris, captiāre captiātur captiāmur captiāminī captiantur
imperfect captiābar captiābāris, captiābāre captiābātur captiābāmur captiābāminī captiābantur
future captiābor captiāberis, captiābere captiābitur captiābimur captiābiminī captiābuntur
perfect captiātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect captiātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect captiātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present captiem captiēs captiet captiēmus captiētis captient
imperfect captiārem captiārēs captiāret captiārēmus captiārētis captiārent
perfect captiāverim captiāverīs captiāverit captiāverimus captiāveritis captiāverint
pluperfect captiāvissem captiāvissēs captiāvisset captiāvissēmus captiāvissētis captiāvissent
passive present captier captiēris, captiēre captiētur captiēmur captiēminī captientur
imperfect captiārer captiārēris, captiārēre captiārētur captiārēmur captiārēminī captiārentur
perfect captiātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect captiātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — captiā — — captiāte —
future — captiātō captiātō — captiātōte captiantō
passive present — captiāre — — captiāminī —
future — captiātor captiātor — — captiantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives captiāre captiāvisse captiātūrus esse captiārī captiātus esse captiātum īrī
participles captiāns — captiātūrus — captiātus captiandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
captiāre captiandī captiandō captiandum captiātum captiātū

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • captio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • captio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • captio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • captio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a fallacious argument; sophism: conclusiuncula fallax or captio
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