perceptio

Latin

Etymology

Coined by Cicero, from percipiō (“to seize; conceive; perceive”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛrˈkɛp.ti.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [perˈt͡ʃɛp.t̪͡s̪i.o]

Noun

perceptiō f (genitive perceptiōnis); third declension

a taking, receiving, collecting, gathering
(figuratively) perception, comprehension

Synonyms

(perception): comprehensiō

Related terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: percepció
→ English: perception
→ French: perception
→ Galician: percepción
→ Italian: percezione
→ Polish: percepcja
→ Portuguese: percepção (Brazil), perceção (Portugal)
→ Romanian: percepție
Sicilian: pircizziuni
→ Spanish: percepción

References

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