pectio

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɛk.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛk.t͡si.o] === Etymology 1 === Apparently an abstract noun built on pectō (“to comb”), although the formation is unusual: most comparable nouns are formed with the suffix -tiō (or equivalently, are built on the supine stem of the verb), which would yield *pexiō. If genuine, the word might be formed with the less common abstract noun suffix -iō; alternatively, as noted below, "pectione" could be a corruption of the original text. ==== Noun ==== pectiō f (genitive pectiōnis); third declension (hapax legomenon) the action of combing, a combing of the hair Some editors, following the "editio Rovilliana", emend ex pectione "from combing" to denso pectine "with a close-set comb". ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. === Etymology 2 === Variant of pactiō. ==== Noun ==== pectiō f (genitive pectiōnis); third declension alternative form of pactiō ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. === References === === Further reading === “pectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pectio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. "pectio", 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)