usucapio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ūsus (“use”) + capiō (“take; take on”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /uː.suːˈka.pi.oː/, [uːs̠uːˈkäpioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /u.suˈka.pi.o/, [us̬uˈkäːpio]
Noun[edit]
ūsūcapiō f (genitive ūsūcapiōnis); third declension
- The ownership or easement acquired by long use or possession; usucaption
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ūsūcapiō | ūsūcapiōnēs |
Genitive | ūsūcapiōnis | ūsūcapiōnum |
Dative | ūsūcapiōnī | ūsūcapiōnibus |
Accusative | ūsūcapiōnem | ūsūcapiōnēs |
Ablative | ūsūcapiōne | ūsūcapiōnibus |
Vocative | ūsūcapiō | ūsūcapiōnēs |
Verb[edit]
ūsūcapiō (present infinitive ūsūcapere, perfect active ūsūcēpī, supine ūsūcaptum); third conjugation iō-variant
Conjugation[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: usucapion
- French: usucapion
- Italian: usucapione
- Portuguese: usucapião
- Sicilian: usucapiuni
- Spanish: usucapión
References[edit]
- “usucapio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “usucapio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- usucapio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “usucapio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “usucapio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin