LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dēpressiō

dēpressiō f (genitive dēpressiōnis)

Meaning

  1. a pressing down, a sinking down, a depression
  2. New Latindepression
    2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, Valetudo Finnorum minus prospera https://areena.yle.fi/1-4377543, Nuntii Latini 20.4.2018Obesity and symptoms of depression are on the rise, and high blood pressure and high cholesterol are still common.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēpressiōdēpressiōnēs
genitivedēpressiōnisdēpressiōnum
dativedēpressiōnīdēpressiōnibus
accusativedēpressiōnemdēpressiōnēs
ablativedēpressiōnedēpressiōnibus
vocativedēpressiōdēpressiōnēs

dēpressĭo, ōnis, f. deprimo,
I. a pressing or sinking down, a depression (not ante-Aug., and very rare), Macr. S. 1, 20: fundamentorum ad solidum, Vitr. 1, 3, 2: Socratica nasi, i. e. flat nose (opp. curva erectio), Macr. S. 7, 3, § 11.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēpressiō

Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin dēprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dēpressiō From dēprimō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalandepressió
  • Englishdepression
  • Frenchdépression
  • Italiandepressione
  • Portuguesedepressão
  • Romaniandepresiune
  • Spanishdepresión
  • Galiciandepresión

In English words that came into English from dēpressiō

  • depressiondēpressiō

Quick answers

What does dēpressiō mean in Latin?
dēpressiō, a noun, means “a pressing down, a sinking down, a depression; depression”.
What is the genitive of dēpressiō?
The genitive singular is dēpressiōnis. dēpressiō is feminine, third declension.
Where does dēpressiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēpressiō.