paedicatio

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpiːdɪˈkeɪʃɪəʊ/, /ˌpɛdɪˈkeɪʃɪəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛdəˈkeɪʃioʊ/

paedicatio (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of pedicatio

“paedicatio, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.diˈkat.t͡si.o/, [ped̪iˈkät̪ː͡s̪io]

paedīcātiō f (genitive paedīcātiōnis); third declension

1. Alternative spelling of pēdīcātiō (“anal sex”)

Based on paedīcō, an etymologizing spelling of pēdīcō (“to penetrate anally”); modern classicists generally consider pēdīcō a more accurate representation of this verb's Classical Latin spelling (see the notes at the linked entry). This noun itself is unattested in Classical Latin with either spelling.

Third-declension noun.