inventio

English

Etymology

From Latin inventiō. Doublet of invention.

Noun

inventio (uncountable)

1. One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the method used for the discovery of arguments.

Coordinate terms

• dispositio, elocutio, memoria, pronuntiatio

Translations

the method used for the discovery of arguments

• Portuguese: invenção (pt) f

Finnish

Etymology

From German Invention, from Italian inventione, invenzione ("invention"; the spelling ending in -zione is the standard modern one — that ending in -tione is still used for invention in the musical sense, but is otherwise obsolete).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinʋentio/, [ˈinʋe̞n̪ˌt̪io̞]
• Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification^(key): in‧ven‧ti‧o

Noun

inventio

1. (music) invention

Declension

Inflection of inventio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative		inventio	inventiot
genitive		invention	inventioiden inventioitten
partitive		inventiota	inventioita
illative		inventioon	inventioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		inventio	inventiot
accusative	nom.	inventio	inventiot
	gen.	invention
genitive		invention	inventioiden inventioitten
partitive		inventiota	inventioita
inessive		inventiossa	inventioissa
elative		inventiosta	inventioista
illative		inventioon	inventioihin
adessive		inventiolla	inventioilla
ablative		inventiolta	inventioilta
allative		inventiolle	inventioille
essive		inventiona	inventioina
translative		inventioksi	inventioiksi
abessive		inventiotta	inventioitta
instructive		—	inventioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of inventio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative inventioni inventioni accusative nom. inventioni inventioni gen. inventioni genitive inventioni inventioideni inventioitteni partitive inventiotani inventioitani inessive inventiossani inventioissani elative inventiostani inventioistani illative inventiooni inventioihini adessive inventiollani inventioillani ablative inventioltani inventioiltani allative inventiolleni inventioilleni essive inventionani inventioinani translative inventiokseni inventioikseni abessive inventiottani inventioittani instructive — — comitative — inventioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative inventiosi inventiosi accusative nom. inventiosi inventiosi gen. inventiosi genitive inventiosi inventioidesi inventioittesi partitive inventiotasi inventioitasi inessive inventiossasi inventioissasi elative inventiostasi inventioistasi illative inventioosi inventioihisi adessive inventiollasi inventioillasi ablative inventioltasi inventioiltasi allative inventiollesi inventioillesi essive inventionasi inventioinasi translative inventioksesi inventioiksesi abessive inventiottasi inventioittasi instructive — — comitative — inventioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative inventiomme inventiomme accusative nom. inventiomme inventiomme gen. inventiomme genitive inventiomme inventioidemme inventioittemme partitive inventiotamme inventioitamme inessive inventiossamme inventioissamme elative inventiostamme inventioistamme illative inventioomme inventioihimme adessive inventiollamme inventioillamme ablative inventioltamme inventioiltamme allative inventiollemme inventioillemme essive inventionamme inventioinamme translative inventioksemme inventioiksemme abessive inventiottamme inventioittamme instructive — — comitative — inventioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative inventionne inventionne accusative nom. inventionne inventionne gen. inventionne genitive inventionne inventioidenne inventioittenne partitive inventiotanne inventioitanne inessive inventiossanne inventioissanne elative inventiostanne inventioistanne illative inventioonne inventioihinne adessive inventiollanne inventioillanne ablative inventioltanne inventioiltanne allative inventiollenne inventioillenne essive inventionanne inventioinanne translative inventioksenne inventioiksenne abessive inventiottanne inventioittanne instructive — — comitative — inventioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative inventionsa inventionsa accusative nom. inventionsa inventionsa gen. inventionsa genitive inventionsa inventioidensa inventioittensa partitive inventiotaan inventiotansa inventioitaan inventioitansa inessive inventiossaan inventiossansa inventioissaan inventioissansa elative inventiostaan inventiostansa inventioistaan inventioistansa illative inventioonsa inventioihinsa adessive inventiollaan inventiollansa inventioillaan inventioillansa ablative inventioltaan inventioltansa inventioiltaan inventioiltansa allative inventiolleen inventiollensa inventioilleen inventioillensa essive inventionaan inventionansa inventioinaan inventioinansa translative inventiokseen inventioksensa inventioikseen inventioiksensa abessive inventiottaan inventiottansa inventioittaan inventioittansa instructive — — comitative — inventioineen inventioinensa

See also

• kekseliäisyys
• keksiminen
• keksintö

Further reading

• inventio on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fi

Anagrams

• inventoi, viitonen

Latin

Etymology

From inveniō (“I find, discover, or come upon”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈu̯en.ti.oː/, [ɪnˈu̯ɛn̪t̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈven.t͡si.o/, [iɱˈvɛnt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

inventiō f (genitive inventiōnis); third declension

1. invention, discovery
2. inventing
3. plan, stratagem

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	inventiō	inventiōnēs
Genitive	inventiōnis	inventiōnum
Dative	inventiōnī	inventiōnibus
Accusative	inventiōnem	inventiōnēs
Ablative	inventiōne	inventiōnibus
Vocative	inventiō	inventiōnēs

Derived terms

• inventiuncula

Descendants

• → Catalan: invenció
• → English: invention
• → French: invention
• → Italian: invenzione, inventione
• → German: Invention
• → Finnish: inventio
• → Polish: inwencja
• → Portuguese: invenção
• → Romanian: invenție
• → Russian: инвенция (invencija)
• → Serbo-Croatian: инвенција, invencija
• Sicilian: mminziuni
• → Spanish: invención

References

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