LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

passiō

passiō f (genitive passiōnis)
Classical[ˈpas.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpas.si.o]

Meaning

  1. suffering; enduring
  2. Late Latinpassion (especially of Christ)
  3. an event, occurrence or phenomenon
  4. a passion or affection

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepassiōpassiōnēs
genitivepassiōnispassiōnum
dativepassiōnīpassiōnibus
accusativepassiōnempassiōnēs
ablativepassiōnepassiōnibus
vocativepassiōpassiōnēs

passĭo, ōnis, f. patior,
I. a suffering, enduring (post-class.).
I. Lit., Maxim. Gallus, 3, 42; Prud. στεφ. 5, 291; Tert. adv. Val 9 fin.; id. adv. Gnost. 13—Esp. (eccl. Lat.), the sufferings of Christ: demus operam, ut mereamur a Deo et ultionem passionis et praemium. Lact. 5, 23, 5: post passionem suam, Vulg. Act. 1, 3; plur., id. 2 Cor. 1, 7; id. Phil. 3, 10.—
B. In partic., a disease, Firm. 2, 12.—
II. Transf.
A. An event, occurrence, phenomenon, App. Mund. p. 61, 31.—
B. A passion, affection, a transl. of the Gr. πάθος: passio in linguā Latinā, maxime in usu loquendi ecclesiastico, non nisi ad vituperationem consuevit intellegi, Aug. Nupt. et Concup. 33; id. Civ. Dei, 8, 16; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 499.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₁tós
  3. Proto-Italic*patosder.?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pet-der.?
  5. Latinpassiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin passio From patior + -tiō. Sense 4 is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “any strong feeling, passion”).

Descendants
  • Englishpassion
  • Frenchpassion
  • Italianpassione
  • Portuguesepaixãofrom Old Galician-Portuguese paixon
  • Romanianpasiune
  • Spanishpasión
  • IrishPáis
  • Mirandesepaixon
  • Mirandesepeixon
  • Galicianpaixónfrom Old Galician-Portuguese paixon

In English words that came into English from passiō

  • passionpassiō
  • compassioncompassio
  • passionarypassiōnārium

Quick answers

What does passiō mean in Latin?
passiō, a noun, means “suffering; enduring; passion (especially of Christ)”.
What is the genitive of passiō?
The genitive singular is passiōnis. passiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce passiō?
In classical Latin, [ˈpas.si.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpas.si.o].
Where does passiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *ph₁tós → Proto-Italic *patosder.? → Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.? → Latin passiō.
Which English words come from passiō?
English words that go back to Latin passiō include passion, compassion and passionary.