LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

pēnsiō

pēnsiō f (genitive pēnsiōnis)

Meaning

  1. payment
  2. installment
  3. pension
  4. recompense

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepēnsiōpēnsiōnēs
genitivepēnsiōnispēnsiōnum
dativepēnsiōnīpēnsiōnibus
accusativepēnsiōnempēnsiōnēs
ablativepēnsiōnepēnsiōnibus
vocativepēnsiōpēnsiōnēs

pensĭo, ōnis, f. pendo; lit., a weighing, weighing out; hence,
I. A weight (only in Vitr.), Vitr. 10, 16; 10, 8.—
II. Transf., a paying, payment, a term of payment (class.; cf.: stipendium, pretium): pendere poenas solvere significat, ab eo, quod aere gravi cum uterentur Romani, penso eo, non numerato debitum solvebant: unde etiam pensiones dictae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 208 Müll.: nihil debetur ei, nisi ex tertiā pensione, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1: prima, id. Fam. 6, 18, 5: altera tributi, Plin. 16, 8, 12, § 32. —Transf., sarcastically: etenim ista tua minime avara conjux, nimium debet diu populo Romano tertiam pensionem, i. e. her third marriage (after your death), Cic. Phil. 2, 44, 113.—
B. In partic.
1. A tax, impost (post-class.), Aur. Vict. Caes. 39: vectigalium, id. Epit. 9.—
2. Rent of a house or land (post-Aug.): aedium pensio annua, Suet. Ner. 44; Juv. 9, 63; Dig. 33, 7, 18.—
3. Interest of money (post-class.), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26.—
4. Compensation: jacturae, Petr. 136, 2.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)pend-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)péndeti
  3. Proto-Italic*pendō
  4. Latinpēnsiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin pēnsiō From pendō (“to weigh out”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanpensió
  • Englishpension
  • Frenchpension
  • GermanPension
  • Italianpensione
  • Italianpigione
  • Portuguesepensão
  • Romanianpensie
  • Romanianpensiune
  • Spanishpensión

In English words that came into English from pēnsiō

  • pensionpēnsiō

Quick answers

What does pēnsiō mean in Latin?
pēnsiō, a noun, means “payment; installment; pension”.
What is the genitive of pēnsiō?
The genitive singular is pēnsiōnis. pēnsiō is feminine, third declension.
Where does pēnsiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- → Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti → Proto-Italic *pendō → Latin pēnsiō.