LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

intermissiō

intermissiō f (genitive intermissiōnis)

Meaning

  1. intermission, interruption

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeintermissiōintermissiōnēs
genitiveintermissiōnisintermissiōnum
dativeintermissiōnīintermissiōnibus
accusativeintermissiōnemintermissiōnēs
ablativeintermissiōneintermissiōnibus
vocativeintermissiōintermissiōnēs

intermissĭo ōnis, f. intermitto,
I. a breaking off, intermission, interruption; a neglecting, ceasing, discontinuance (class.): forensis operae, Cic. Div. 2, 68, 142: sine ulla intermissione, without any intermission, id. N. D. 1, 41, 114: a qua (actione) saepe fit intermissio, id. Off. 1, 6: per intermissiones has intervallaque, Liv. 5, 5: febris, Cels. 2, 10: epistularum, interruption of a correspondence, Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 1: consuetudinis, id. ib. 5, 17: intermissionem officii facere, id. Lael. 2, 8: si furiosus habet intermissionem, a lucid interval, Dig. 28, 1, 20: verborum, formed in short clauses, Cic. Part. 6.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latinintermissiō

Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin intermittō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin intermissiō From intermittō (“interrupt, omit”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanintermissió
  • Englishintermission
  • Frenchintermission
  • Italianintermissione
  • Portugueseintermissão
  • Spanishintermisión
  • Galicianintermisión
  • Russianинтермиссия

Quick answers

What does intermissiō mean in Latin?
intermissiō, a noun, means “intermission, interruption”.
What is the genitive of intermissiō?
The genitive singular is intermissiōnis. intermissiō is feminine, third declension.
Where does intermissiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér → Proto-Italic *n̥ter → Latin intermissiō.