LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

missiō

missiō f (genitive missiōnis)
Classical[ˈmɪs.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈmis.si.o]

Meaning

  1. sending, mission
  2. dismissal
  3. discharge
    […] dum ne quem militem legeret ex eo numero quibus senatus missionem reditumque in patriam negasset ante belli finem.[…] provided he did not choose any soldier from those to whom the Senate had refused discharge and a return home before the end of the war27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 26.1
  4. quarter, mercy

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemissiōmissiōnēs
genitivemissiōnismissiōnum
dativemissiōnīmissiōnibus
accusativemissiōnemmissiōnēs
ablativemissiōnemissiōnibus
vocativemissiōmissiōnēs

missĭo, ōnis, f. id..
I. In gen., a letting go, sending away, a sending, despatching; a throwing, hurling (class.): litterarum, Cic. Att. 1, 5, 3: legatorum, id. Phil. 7, 1, 1: extra telorum missionem, beyond the range of missiles, Vitr. 2, 9, 16; 1, 5, 4: missio sanguinis, blood-letting, Cels. 2, 10 fin.; Suet. Calig. 29.—
II. In partic.
A. A release from captivity, setting at liberty, liberation: munus pro missione dare, Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 114: si filius familias post missionem faciat testimentum, Gai. Inst. 2, 106.—
B. A discharge from service (of soldiers, office-holders, gladiators, etc.), a dismission (syn. exauctoratio): praemium missionis ferre, Caes. B. C. 1, 86: quibus (militibus) senatus missionem reditumque in patriam negāsset ante belli finem. Liv. 26, 1: exercitum purgare missionibus turbulentorum hominum, id. 7, 39; cf.: missionum generales causae sunt tres: honesta, causaria, ignominiosa. Honesta est, quae tempore militiae impleto datur: causaria cum quis vitio animi vel corporis minus idoneus militiae renunciatur; ignominiosa causa est, cum quis propter delictum sacramento solvitur, Dig. 49, 16, 13: gratiosa ante emerita stipendia, a discharge obtained by favor, Liv. 43, 14, 9: nondum justa, id. 43, 14, 15.—Of a quaestor, Suet. Caes. 7.—
C. Esp., of gladiators, release, respite, quarter: cum Myrino peteretur missio laeso, Mart. 12, 29, 7: non enim servavit is, qui non interfecit, nec beneficium dedit, sed missionem, Sen. Ben. 2, 20, 3.—Hence, sine missione, without favor, without quarter, to the death, Liv. 41, 20, 12.—Trop.: quid prodest, paucos dies aut annos lucrificare? sine missione nascimur, without respite in the service of wisdom, Sen. Ep. 37, 2: sine missione pugnatum est, for life or death, Flor. 3, 20, 4.—
D. A cessation, termination, end: ante ludorum missionem, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 8.—
E. Remission from punishment: missionem puero dedit, qs. let him go, Petr. 52.—
F. In jurid. lang., a delivering up, giving possession: missio in aedes, Dig. 39, 2, 15, § 12.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*méyth₂eti
  4. Proto-Italic*meitō
  5. Old Latinmītō
  6. Latinmissiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin missiō From mittō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanmessió
  • Catalanmissió
  • Englishmission
  • Frenchmission
  • Romanianmisiunefrom French mission
  • GermanMission
  • Italianmissione
  • Portuguesemissão
  • Spanishmisión
  • Haitian Creolemisyonfrom French mission

In English words that came into English from missiō

  • missionmissiō
  • missiologymissiō
  • intromissionintrōmissiō

Quick answers

What does missiō mean in Latin?
missiō, a noun, means “sending, mission; dismissal; discharge”.
What is the genitive of missiō?
The genitive singular is missiōnis. missiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce missiō?
In classical Latin, [ˈmɪs.si.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈmis.si.o].
Where does missiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *mey-? → Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- → Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti → Proto-Italic *meitō → Old Latin mītō → Latin missiō.
Which English words come from missiō?
English words that go back to Latin missiō include mission, missiology and intromission.