LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dīgressiō

dīgressiō f (genitive dīgressiōnis)
Classical[diːˈɡrɛs.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[diˈɡrɛs.si.o]

Meaning

  1. parting, separating; departing, departure
  2. deviation; digression

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedīgressiōdīgressiōnēs
genitivedīgressiōnisdīgressiōnum
dativedīgressiōnīdīgressiōnibus
accusativedīgressiōnemdīgressiōnēs
ablativedīgressiōnedīgressiōnibus
vocativedīgressiōdīgressiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

digressus, digressio, egressio
a digression, episode.

dīgressĭo, ōnis, f. digredior,
I. a parting, separating; a going away, departing, departure. *
I. Lit. (in this signif. more freq. digressus): congressio, tum vero digressio nostra, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 4.—More freq.,
II. Trop., a going aside, deviation; esp. in lang., digression: qualis ad adjuvandum (sc. amicum) digressio (sc. a recto, referring to Cic. Lael. 17), Gell. 1, 3, 14: a proposita oratione, Cic. Brut. 85; so of speech, id. Inv. 1, 51; id. de Or. 2, 77, 312; 3, 53 fin.; Quint. 4, 2, 19; 9, 1, 28; 9, 2, 56 al.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dīgressiō From dīgredior + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalandigressió
  • Frenchdigression
  • Italiandigressione
  • Portuguesedigressão
  • Romaniandigresiune
  • Spanishdigresión

In English words that came into English from dīgressiō

  • digressiondīgressiō

Quick answers

What does dīgressiō mean in Latin?
dīgressiō, a noun, means “parting, separating; departing, departure; deviation”.
What is the genitive of dīgressiō?
The genitive singular is dīgressiōnis. dīgressiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dīgressiō?
In classical Latin, [diːˈɡrɛs.si.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [diˈɡrɛs.si.o].