What does dēmissiō mean in Latin?

dēmissiō, a noun, means “sinking, lowering; dejection; abatement, mitigation”.

What is the genitive of dēmissiō?

The genitive singular is dēmissiōnis. dēmissiō is feminine, third declension.

dēmissĭo, ōnis, f. id.,

I. a letting down, sinking, lowering (very rare).

I. Prop.: storiarum, * Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 5: barbae, a letting grow, Macr. S. 1, 22, 4.—In plur.: clipei aenei demissiones, Vitr. 5, 10 fin.—

II. Trop. *

A. (Acc. to demissus, no. II. A.): animi, dejection, * Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14. —*

B. In medic. lang., an abatement, mitigation (opp. accessio), Coel. Aur. Acut. 1, 4.

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēmissiō From dēmittō + -tiō.

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