LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

concīsiō

concīsiō f (genitive concīsiōnis)

Meaning

  1. cutting (act of)
  2. destruction
  3. mutilation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeconcīsiōconcīsiōnēs
genitiveconcīsiōnisconcīsiōnum
dativeconcīsiōnīconcīsiōnibus
accusativeconcīsiōnemconcīsiōnēs
ablativeconcīsiōneconcīsiōnibus
vocativeconcīsiōconcīsiōnēs

concīsĭo, ōnis, f. 2. concido, prop.,
I. a cutting; hence,
I. Lit., a cutting to pieces, destruction, Vulg. Joel, 3, 14.—
II. Transf.
A. A mutilation, Vulg. Phil. 3, 2.—
B. In rhet., a separating of a sentence into short divisions or clauses, Cic. Part. Or. 6, 19.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin concīsiō From concīdō (“cut”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanconcisió
  • Frenchconcision
  • Englishconcisionfrom French concision
  • Italianconcisione
  • Occitanconcision
  • Portugueseconcisão
  • Spanishconcisión
  • Galicianconcisión

Quick answers

What does concīsiō mean in Latin?
concīsiō, a noun, means “cutting (act of); destruction; mutilation”.
What is the genitive of concīsiō?
The genitive singular is concīsiōnis. concīsiō is feminine, third declension.