LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

permissiō

permissiō f (genitive permissiōnis)
Classical[pɛrˈmɪs.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[perˈmis.si.o]

Meaning

  1. yielding, ceding, surrender
  2. leave, permission

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepermissiōpermissiōnēs
genitivepermissiōnispermissiōnum
dativepermissiōnīpermissiōnibus
accusativepermissiōnempermissiōnēs
ablativepermissiōnepermissiōnibus
vocativepermissiōpermissiōnēs

permissĭo, ōnis, f. permitto.
I. In gen., a giving up, yielding, ceding to another's will and pleasure; an unconditional turrender, Liv. 37, 7.—
B. A rhet. figure, in which a thing is committed to the decision of one's opponent, permission, Auct. Her. 4, 29, 39; Quint. 9, 2, 25; 9, 3, 90.—
II. In partic., leave, permission (very rare for permissus): mea permissio mansionis tuae, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9: sine permissione Dei diabolus nocere non potest, Ambros. in Luc. 7, 115.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin permissiō From permittō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanpermissió
  • Englishpermission
  • Frenchpermission
  • Italianpermissione
  • Portuguesepermissão
  • Romanianpermisie
  • Romanianpermisiune
  • Spanishpermisión

In English words that came into English from permissiō

  • permissionpermissiō

Quick answers

What does permissiō mean in Latin?
permissiō, a noun, means “yielding, ceding, surrender; leave, permission”.
What is the genitive of permissiō?
The genitive singular is permissiōnis. permissiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce permissiō?
In classical Latin, [pɛrˈmɪs.si.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [perˈmis.si.o].