LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

commissiō

commissiō f (genitive commissiōnis)

Meaning

  1. commission

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecommissiōcommissiōnēs
genitivecommissiōniscommissiōnum
dativecommissiōnīcommissiōnibus
accusativecommissiōnemcommissiōnēs
ablativecommissiōnecommissiōnibus
vocativecommissiōcommissiōnēs

commissĭo, ōnis, f. committo.
I. (Acc. to committo, I. B.) Lit., a setting or bringing together in contest; hence, the beginning of a contest (in the public games, etc.): tecum ago, ut jam ab ipsā commissione ad me... persequare, etc., Cic. Att. 15, 26, 1; 16, 5, 1: ludorum, Suet. Aug. 43; id. Galb. 6; Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 6; id. Pan. 54, 1; Macr. S. 2, 7.—
B. Meton., a speech at the opening of the games; hence, a prize declamation, ostentatious speech, ἀγώνισμα, Calig. ap. Suet. Calig. 53; Suet. Aug. 89; v. Casaub. in h. ll.—
II. (Acc. to committo, II. B. 4.) A perpetration, commission: piaculi, Arn. 4, p. 148.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin commissiō From committō (“to bring together; to commence a contest; to commit a crime”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalancomissió
  • Englishcommission
  • Frenchcommission
  • Italiancommissione
  • Occitancomission
  • Portuguesecomissão
  • Romaniancomisie
  • Spanishcomisión
  • Turkishkomisyonfrom French commission
  • Persianکمیسیونfrom French commission

In English words that came into English from commissiō

  • commissioncommissiō
  • commissionairecommissiō

Quick answers

What does commissiō mean in Latin?
commissiō, a noun, means “commission”.
What is the genitive of commissiō?
The genitive singular is commissiōnis. commissiō is feminine, third declension.