Meaning of condicio | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An agreement, contract, covenant, stipulation, pact, proposition.
   declension-3
2. alternative spelling of conditiō
   Medieval-Latin, alt-of, alternative, declension-3
3. A condition, term, demand.
   declension-3
4. A marriage, match.
   declension-3
5. A spouse, bride.
   declension-3, metonymically
6. A love affair, amour.
   declension-3
7. A paramour, lover.
   declension-3, metonymically
8. An external position, situation, rank, place, social status, circumstances, condition.
   declension-3
9. A nature, mode, character, disposition, manner, condition.
   declension-3

Examples

“Quemadmodum stultus est, quī equum ēmptūrus nōn ipsum īnspicit, sed strātum eius ac frēnōs, sīc stultissimus est, quī hominem aut ex veste aut ex condiciōne, quae vestis modo nōbīs circumdata est, aestimat.”

Just as he is a fool who, when about to buy a horse, inspects not the horse itself but its saddle and bridle, so is he an utter fool who judges a man either by [his] clothes or by [his] social standing, which are [things merely] wrapped around us like clothing. (In context, Seneca means to consider the character of one’s slaves rather than their circumstances or outward appearance.)

CEFR level