Latin

Noun

pactiō f ‎(genitive pactiōnis); third declension

1. The act of agreeing or covenanting; an agreement, covenant, contract, bargain, pact, treaty, truce.
2. A corrupt bargaining, underhand agreement.
3. A marriage contract.

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (agreement, contract): pactum

Derived terms

• pactiuncula

Related terms

References

• pactio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pactio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PACTIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pactio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to conclude a treaty with some one: pactionem facere cum aliquo (Sall. Iug. 40)
    
• pactio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin