noun · femininethird declension
prehēnsiō
prehēnsiō f (genitive prehēnsiōnis)
Classical[preˈ(ɦ)ẽː.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[preˈɛn.si.o]
Meaning
- an act of seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing
- the right or power to seize or arrest
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prehēnsiō prēnsiō | prehēnsiōnēs prēnsiōnēs |
| genitive | prehēnsiōnis prēnsiōnis | prehēnsiōnum prēnsiōnum |
| dative | prehēnsiōnī prēnsiōnī | prehēnsiōnibus prēnsiōnibus |
| accusative | prehēnsiōnem prēnsiōnem | prehēnsiōnēs prēnsiōnēs |
| ablative | prehēnsiōne prēnsiōne | prehēnsiōnibus prēnsiōnibus |
| vocative | prehēnsiō prēnsiō | prehēnsiōnēs prēnsiōnēs |
prĕhensĭo or prensĭo, ōnis, f. prehendo,
I. a seizing, apprenending.—Lit. (ante-class.): tribuni plebis prensionem habent, the right of arresting any one, Atei. Cap. ap. Gell. 13, 12, 4: in magistratu habent alii vocationem, alii prensionem, Varr. ib. (in Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 6, the true reading is pressionibus).
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin prehēnsiō From prehendō (“to seize”) + -tiō.
Borrowings
- Catalanprensió
- Englishprehension
- Frenchpréhension
- Italianprensione
- Portuguesepreensão
- Spanishprensión
- Spanishprisión
- Galicianprensión
- Aragoneseprisiónfrom Spanish prensión
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchprisonfrom Old French prison
- Portugueseprisãofrom Old French prison
- Catalanpresó
- Occitanpreson
- Franco-Provençalprêson
- Franco-Provençalpreison
- Normanprisonfrom Old French prison
- Middle Englishprisounfrom Old French prison
- Middle Englishprisonfrom Old French prison
- Middle Englishprisunfrom Old French prison
Ibero-Romance
- Aragonesepresón
Gallo-Italic
- Emilianparzon
- Ligurianprexón
- Lombardpreson
- Lombardperson
- Piedmontesepërzon
In English words that came into English from prehēnsiō
- prehensionprehēnsiō