LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

intercessiō

intercessiō f (genitive intercessiōnis)
Classical[ɪn.tɛrˈkɛs.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[in.terˈt͡ʃɛs.si.o]

Meaning

  1. intervention
  2. veto
  3. intercession

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeintercessiōintercessiōnēs
genitiveintercessiōnisintercessiōnum
dativeintercessiōnīintercessiōnibus
accusativeintercessiōnemintercessiōnēs
ablativeintercessiōneintercessiōnibus
vocativeintercessiōintercessiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

intercessio tribunicia (cf. sect. XIV. 5)
the tribunicial veto.

intercessĭo, ōnis, f. intercedo,
I. a coming between, intervention.
I. Lit.: testium, Gell. 14, 2, 7.—
II. Transf.
A. An interposition, a becoming surety for one: mea intercessio parata et est et fuit, Cic. Att. 1, 4: intercessiones pecuniarum in coitionibus candidatorum, id. Par. 6, 2.—
B. A fulfilment, performance, Cod. Just. 12, 22, 1; Cod. Th. 6, 28, 4. —
C. An intervention, interposition, protest on the part of a tribune of the people, who annulled a decree of the Senate by his veto: cum intercessio stultitiam intercessoris significatura sit, non rem impeditura, Cic. Agr. 2, 12: intercessionem liberam relinquere, Caes. B. C. 1, 7: remittere, Liv. 38, 54: intercessionem facere pro aliquo, Gell. 7, 19: intercessionem suam interponere, Val. Max. 6, 1, 10.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin intercessiō From intercedō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanintercessió
  • Englishintercession
  • Frenchintercession
  • Italianintercessione
  • Portugueseintercessão
  • Spanishintercesión
  • Galicianintercesión
  • Russianинтерцессия

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesIntercessioIntercessio CONSTITUTIONAL. Intercessio is used to denote the right of veto possessed by Roman magistrates: a right of which, as Mommsen has pointed o…AntiquitiesIntercessioIntercessio LEGAL. It is intercessio when a person takes upon himself the debt of another. To become intercessor a person must incur liability by ente…

Quick answers

What does intercessiō mean in Latin?
intercessiō, a noun, means “intervention; veto; intercession”.
What is the genitive of intercessiō?
The genitive singular is intercessiōnis. intercessiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce intercessiō?
In classical Latin, [ɪn.tɛrˈkɛs.si.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [in.terˈt͡ʃɛs.si.o].