LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

ēgressiō

ēgressiō f (genitive ēgressiōnis)

Meaning

  1. egress, going out
  2. digression

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeēgressiōēgressiōnēs
genitiveēgressiōnisēgressiōnum
dativeēgressiōnīēgressiōnibus
accusativeēgressiōnemēgressiōnēs
ablativeēgressiōneēgressiōnibus
vocativeēgressiōēgressiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

digressus, digressio, egressio
a digression, episode.

ēgressĭo, ōnis, f. egredior,
I. a going out or forth (post-Aug.).
I. Lit.: nocturna (ex castello), App. M. 8, p. 208, 7; Hier. Ep. 78, 1: eorum ex Aegypto, Vulg. Num. 1, 1; and so in gen. of the Exodus: filiorum Israel, id. ib. 33, 38; 1 Reg. 18, 30.—
II. Trop., in rhet. lang., a digression in speaking, like παρέκβασις, Quint. 4, 3, 12; 15; 3, 9, 4; cf. ib. 4, 3: de egressione.—In plur., id. 11, 3, 164; 12, 10, 60.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ēgressiō From ēgredior + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishegression

In English words that came into English from ēgressiō

  • egressionēgressiō

Quick answers

What does ēgressiō mean in Latin?
ēgressiō, a noun, means “egress, going out; digression”.
What is the genitive of ēgressiō?
The genitive singular is ēgressiōnis. ēgressiō is feminine, third declension.