LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

fūsiō

fūsiō f (genitive fūsiōnis)
Classical[ˈfuː.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈfuː.s̬i.o]

Meaning

  1. a pouring out; an outpouring; an effusion
  2. a melting; a founding; a casting
  3. a duty

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefūsiōfūsiōnēs
genitivefūsiōnisfūsiōnum
dativefūsiōnīfūsiōnibus
accusativefūsiōnemfūsiōnēs
ablativefūsiōnefūsiōnibus
vocativefūsiōfūsiōnēs

fūsĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a pouring out (very rare).
I. In gen.: sanguinis, Ambros. in Psa. 48, Serm. 16, § 11: tenuis stellarum, Vitr. 9, 7: Chrysippus ipsum mundum deum dicit esse et ejus animi fusio nem universam, an outpouring, effusion, * Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 39.—
II. In partic.
A. A melting, founding, casting of metals: si quis numum falsa fusione formaverit, Cod. Th. 9, 21, 3.—
B. (I. q. illatio publica.) A duty, Dig. 7, 1, 27, § 3 (al. functiones); Cod. Th. 11, 28, 6.

Origins

From fundō (“to pour out”) + -tiō (using fūs-, the supine/PPP stem, with *-dt- > -s- and vowel lengthening by Lachmann's Law or analogy to the perfect stem fūd-).

Borrowed
  • Catalanfusió
  • Englishfusion
  • Frenchfusion
  • Italianfusione
  • Occitanfusion
  • Portuguesefusão
  • Romanianfuziune
  • Spanishfusión
  • Galicianfusión
  • Piedmontesefusion
Inherited
  • Frenchfoisonfrom Old French foison
  • Englishfoisonfrom Old French foison
  • Old Occitanfoizon
  • Piedmontesefoson
  • Sicilianfusiuni

Quick answers

What does fūsiō mean in Latin?
fūsiō, a noun, means “a pouring out; an outpouring; an effusion”.
What is the genitive of fūsiō?
The genitive singular is fūsiōnis. fūsiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce fūsiō?
In classical Latin, [ˈfuː.si.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfuː.s̬i.o].