LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dēcīsiō

dēcīsiō f (genitive dēcīsiōnis)
Classical[deːˈkiː.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[deˈt͡ʃiː.s̬i.o]

Meaning

  1. settlement, agreement, decision
  2. curtailment, diminishment

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēcīsiōdēcīsiōnēs
genitivedēcīsiōnisdēcīsiōnum
dativedēcīsiōnīdēcīsiōnibus
accusativedēcīsiōnemdēcīsiōnēs
ablativedēcīsiōnedēcīsiōnibus
vocativedēcīsiōdēcīsiōnēs

dēcīsĭo, ōnis, f. 2. decīdo.
I. (Acc. to decīdo, no. II. B.) A diminishing: luminis, App. de Mundo, p. 71, 4.—Far more freq., and in good prose.—
II. (Acc. to decīdo, no. II. A.) A decision, settlement, agreement: nostra de aequitate, Cic. Caecin. 36 fin.: dicat decisionem factam esse, quae facta non est, id. Rosc. Com. 13, 48; id. Flacc. 36, 89; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54: quaestionis, Dig. 5, 3, 25.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēcīsiō From dēcīdō (“to decide”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalandecisió
  • Englishdecision
  • Frenchdécision
  • Italiandecisione
  • Occitandecision
  • Portuguesedecisão
  • Romaniandecizie
  • Spanishdecisión
  • Dutchdecisie
  • Galiciandecisión

Quick answers

What does dēcīsiō mean in Latin?
dēcīsiō, a noun, means “settlement, agreement, decision; curtailment, diminishment”.
What is the genitive of dēcīsiō?
The genitive singular is dēcīsiōnis. dēcīsiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dēcīsiō?
In classical Latin, [deːˈkiː.si.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [deˈt͡ʃiː.s̬i.o].