LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

admissiō

admissiō f (genitive admissiōnis)
Classical[adˈmɪs.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[adˈmis.si.o]

Meaning

  1. an admitting of the male to the female
  2. admission to a person; audience

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeadmissiōadmissiōnēs
genitiveadmissiōnisadmissiōnum
dativeadmissiōnīadmissiōnibus
accusativeadmissiōnemadmissiōnēs
ablativeadmissiōneadmissiōnibus
vocativeadmissiōadmissiōnēs

admissĭo, ōnis, f. id..
I. An admitting of the male to the female, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 18.—
II. Admission to a prince, an audience (post-Aug.): quibus admissionis liberae jus dedissent, Plin. 33, 3, 12, § 41: admissionum tuarum felicitas, Plin. Pan. 47: primae et secundae admissiones, Sen. Ben. 6, 33; cf. Lipsius ad Tac. A. 6, 9. (Special officers of reception were appointed, whose charge was called officium admissionis, the office of chamberlain, Suet. Vesp. 14; and the superintendent of them was called maagister admissionum, chief marshal, lord chamberlain, Amm. 15, 5.)—
III. The entrance upon an inheritance, Cod. 6, 15, 5.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin admissiō From admittō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanadmissió
  • Englishadmission
  • Frenchadmission
  • Italianammissione
  • Portugueseadmissão
  • Romanianadmisie
  • Romanianadmisiune
  • Spanishadmisión
  • Galicianadmisión

In English words that came into English from admissiō

  • admissionadmissiō

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesAdmissioAdmissio reception or audience at court. At first all visitors were admitted without distinction to the atria of their wealthy friends. According to S…

Quick answers

What does admissiō mean in Latin?
admissiō, a noun, means “an admitting of the male to the female; admission to a person; audience”.
What is the genitive of admissiō?
The genitive singular is admissiōnis. admissiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce admissiō?
In classical Latin, [adˈmɪs.si.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [adˈmis.si.o].