complexio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *pel-

Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der.

Proto-Italic *plektōder.

Latin plectō

Latin complector

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin complexiō

From complector + -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔmˈpɫɛk.si.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [komˈplɛk.si.o]

Noun

complexiō f (genitive complexiōnis); third declension

1. combination, connection, association
2. dilemma
3. (Medieval Latin) complexion, constitution

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	complexiō	complexiōnēs
genitive	complexiōnis	complexiōnum
dative	complexiōnī	complexiōnibus
accusative	complexiōnem	complexiōnēs
ablative	complexiōne	complexiōnibus
vocative	complexiō	complexiōnēs

Related terms

• complexitās

Descendants

• → Old French: complexion
  • → Middle English: complexion
    • English: complexion, complection
  • French: complexion
• Portuguese: compleição, complexão

References

• “complexio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “complexio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "complexio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “complexio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• complexio in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ), Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “complexio”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “complexio”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 229
• complexio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016