English → Latin
“accession” in Latin
accessiōapproach; onset; increase, additionincrēmentumgrowth, development, increase, augmentation; incrementcrēscōto rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment; to come to be; to become visible, spring from, ariaccrēscōto grow, increaseaugeōto increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand; to lengthen; to raise, strengthen
The English word accession itself goes back to Latin cēdō, through accessiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
accession
accessio (both accession in the abstract; and the added portion, or accession in the concrete): incrementum (increase). Accessions of fortune and dignity, accessiones et fortunae et dignitatis, Cic. To receive accessions, crescere, accrescere, augeri; incrementis augescere; cumulus accedit alicui rei. To receive large accessions, magnus cumulus accedit alicui rei. They were constantly receiving fresh accessions, augebatur illis copia.
Act of joining a party, etc., by circumlocution with verb. Your accession to our party, quod tu in partes nostras transiisti, or te nobis adjunxisti, etc.
Time of arriving at; e.g., accession to the throne, initium regni (beginning of reign); or by circumlocution with regnare coepisse, etc. The day of his accession, dies quo regnare primum coepit.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for accession?
- The usual Latin words for “accession” are accessiō, incrēmentum, crēscō; also accrēscō, augeō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.