illusio

See also: il·lusió

Latin

Etymology

From illūdō (to make sport of) +‎ -tiō (-sion).

Pronunciation

Noun

illūsiō f (genitive illūsiōnis); third declension

  1. jeering, mocking
  2. illusion

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative illūsiō illūsiōnēs
genitive illūsiōnis illūsiōnum
dative illūsiōnī illūsiōnibus
accusative illūsiōnem illūsiōnēs
ablative illūsiōne illūsiōnibus
vocative illūsiō illūsiōnēs

Descendants

All borrowings, without exception.

References

  • illusio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "illusio", 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)
  • illusio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.