LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dissēnsiō

dissēnsiō f (genitive dissēnsiōnis)

Meaning

  1. disagreement, quarrel
  2. dissension, conflict

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedissēnsiōdissēnsiōnēs
genitivedissēnsiōnisdissēnsiōnum
dativedissēnsiōnīdissēnsiōnibus
accusativedissēnsiōnemdissēnsiōnēs
ablativedissēnsiōnedissēnsiōnibus
vocativedissēnsiōdissēnsiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ex rei publicae dissensione
owing to political dissension.

dissensĭo, ōnis, f. dissentio,
I. difference of opinion, disagreement, dissension, discord (good prose): inter homines de jure, Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 238; cf. id. Leg. 2, 13, 32: animorum disjunctio dissensionem facit, id. Agr. 2, 6: inter aliquos sine acerbitate, id. Off. 1, 25, 87; cf. Quint. 3, 6, 22 et saep.: hoc dissidio ac dissensione facta, etc., Cic. Sull. 21; id. Agr. 3, 2; id. Lael. 21, 77 (twice); Caes. B. G. 5, 31, 1 (twice); id. B. C. 1, 20, 4 et saep.: Zenonis a superioribus, Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 42: de bono oratore cum populo' dissensio, id. Brut. 49, 185: civilis, Caes. B. C. 1, 67, 3; Sall. J. 41 fin.: Suet. Ner. 3; cf. ordinum, Tac. A. 3, 27 et saep.—In plur., Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 102; id. Lael. 7, 23; Caes. B. G. 6, 22 fin.; id. B. C. 3. 1, 3; Tac. Agr. 32 al.—
II. Of inanimate things, disagreement, incompatibility: utilium cum honestis, Cic. Off. 3, 13, 56: actionum, Sen. Ep. 20, 2.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dissēnsiō From dissentiō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalandissensió
  • Frenchdissension
  • Italiandissensione
  • Portuguesedissensão
  • Spanishdisensión
  • Piedmontesedissension

In English words that came into English from dissēnsiō

  • dissensiondissēnsiō

Quick answers

What does dissēnsiō mean in Latin?
dissēnsiō, a noun, means “disagreement, quarrel; dissension, conflict”.
What is the genitive of dissēnsiō?
The genitive singular is dissēnsiōnis. dissēnsiō is feminine, third declension.