coercitio, coercitionis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
coercion, restraint, repression; (affliction of summary/right to) punishment;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | coercitio | coercitiones |
| Gen. | coercitionis | coercitionum, coercitionium |
| Dat. | coercitioni | coercitionibus |
| Acc. | coercitionem | coercitiones |
| Voc. | coercitio | coercitiones |
| Abl. | coercitione | coercitionibus |
Examples
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...quantum cliens abstulerit, quantum lis uxoria, quantum seruorum coercitio, quantum officiosa per urbem discursatio; adice morbos quos manu..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...conclusio, praemunitio, similitudo, exemplum, digestio, distributio, interpellatio, interpellantis coercitio, contentio, purgatio, laesio? III. Quid vero agit omnino eloquentia..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...pensitato an coerceri tam profusae cupidines possent, num coercitio plus damni in rem publicam ferret, quam indecorum adtrectare..."