LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dēcessiō

dēcessiō f (genitive dēcessiōnis)

Meaning

  1. departure, going away
  2. retirement of a magistrate
  3. decrease, diminution, abatement or disappearance

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēcessiōdēcessiōnēs
genitivedēcessiōnisdēcessiōnum
dativedēcessiōnīdēcessiōnibus
accusativedēcessiōnemdēcessiōnēs
ablativedēcessiōnedēcessiōnibus
vocativedēcessiōdēcessiōnēs

dēcessĭo, ōnis, f. decedo,
I. a going away, departure (opp. accessio—good prose).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: is mecum saepe de tua mansione aut decessione communicat, Cic. Fam. 4, 4 fin.—
B. Esp.
1. The withdrawal, retirement of a magistrate from the province he has governed, Cic. Pis. 36, 89; id. Att. 6, 5 fin.; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1.—
2. Pregn., the decrease, diminution, abatement, or entire disappearance of an object: neque enim ulla decessio fieri poterat neque accessio, Cic. Univ. 6: utrum accessionem decumae an decessionem de summa fecerit, id. Rab. Post. 11, 30 sq.; Dig. 29, 4, 28 fin.: decessio capitis aut accessio, Cic. Div. 2, 15, 36: accessio et decessio febris, Cels. 3, 3 fin.; so id. 2, 4 et saep.—
3. Decease: Juliani, Spart. Did. Jul. 7 fin.— *
II. Trop.: verborum, the transition, transferring of words from their primary to a derivative meaning, Gell. 13, 29, 1.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēcessiō From dēcēdō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishdecession

Quick answers

What does dēcessiō mean in Latin?
dēcessiō, a noun, means “departure, going away; retirement of a magistrate; decrease, diminution, abatement or disappearance”.
What is the genitive of dēcessiō?
The genitive singular is dēcessiōnis. dēcessiō is feminine, third declension.