noun · femininethird declension
remissiō
remissiō f (genitive remissiōnis)
Classical[rɛˈmɪs.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[reˈmis.si.o]
Meaning
- a sending back, release
- a slackening, diminishing, abatement
- relaxation, recreation
- laxness, slackness
- gentleness, lenity
- EcclesiasticalLatinforgiveness
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | remissiō | remissiōnēs |
| genitive | remissiōnis | remissiōnum |
| dative | remissiōnī | remissiōnibus |
| accusative | remissiōnem | remissiōnēs |
| ablative | remissiōne | remissiōnibus |
| vocative | remissiō | remissiōnēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- contentio, remissio vocis
- raising, lowering the voice.
rĕmissĭo, ōnis, f. id. (acc. to remitto, I. A. and B.),
I. a sending back or away, releasing
I. Lit. (rare).
1. A sending back, returning; of persons:
obsidum captivorumque, Liv. 27, 17, 1.—Of things, a throwing back, reflecting: splendoris, Vitr. 7, 3, 9.— 2. A letting down, lowering:
ex superciliorum aut remissione aut contractione, Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146.—II. Trop.
A. A slackening, relaxing, abating, diminishing, remitting; remission, relaxation, abatement (syn. relaxatio):
animus intentione suā depellit pressum omnem ponderum, remissione autem sic urgetur, ut se nequeat extollere, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54: contentiones vocis et remissiones, id. de Or. 1, 61, 261; cf. id. Brut. 91, 314; so, vocis, Quint. 1, 10, 25: σφυγμὸς est intentio motūs et remissio in corde et in arteria, Gell. 18, 10, 10: remissio lenitatis quādam gravitate et contentione firmatur, laxity, Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 212: operis, Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 7; cf. laboris, id. ib. 2, 6, 4; Quint. 3, 8, 29: tales igitur amicitiae sunt remissione usus eluendae, Cic. Lael. 21, 76: senescentis morbi remissio, id. Fam. 7, 26, 1; so, febris, Suet. Tib. 73: doloris, Scrib. Comp. 99.—2. Slackness, laxness, want of spirit:
in acerbissimā injuriā remissio animi ac dissolutio, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9.—3. Relaxation, recreation:
ad omnem animi remissionem ludumque descendere, Cic. de Or 2, 6, 22; so, animorum, id. Fam. 9, 24, 3; id. Arch. 7, 16.—Absol.: quem non quies, non remissio, non aequalium studia, non ludi delectarent, Cic. Cael. 17, 39: danda est omnibus aliqua remissio, Quint. 1, 3, 8.—Absol. in plur., Quint. 1, 3, 8, § 11; Gell. 15, 2, 5; Plin. Ep. 4, 3, 1, id. Pan. 49, 4: tempora curarum remissionumque, Tac. Agr. 9; id. Or. 28.—4. Mildness, gentleness, lenity:
(Adversarius) tum ad severitatem, tum ad remissionem animi est contorquen dus, Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72 (cf. remissus, B. 1.): so, remissione poenae, by a relaxing, diminishing of punishment, by a milder punishment, id. Cat. 4, 6, 13.—B. (Acc. to remitto, I. B. 2. b.) A remitting of a penalty, etc., a remission, Col. 1, 7, 1; Suet. Caes. 20; Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 6; 10, 8, 5:
remissio tributi in triennium, Tac. A. 4, 13: nuntiationis, remission, abrogation, Dig. 39, 1, 8, § 4.— Plur.: post magnas remissiones, reduction of rent, Plin. Ep. 9, 37, 2.—C. In eccl. Lat., remission, forgiveness of sin, etc.:
delicti, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 28: peccatorum, Ambros. de Isaac et Anim. 1, 1; Vulg. Matt. 26, 28; id. Act. 2, 38.— * III. A repetition:
nova ludorum remissio, Petr. 60, 5.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
remissiō ōnis, f
re-+MIT-, a sending back, sending away, releasing, returning : obsidum captivorumque, L.— An easing, letting down, lowering : superciliorum: vocis remissiones.—Fig., a relaxing, abating, diminishing, remitting, remission, relaxation, abatement : remissio lenitatis (in oratione), i. e. passages of a quiet tenor : morbi: poenae, i. e. a milder punishment : tributi, Ta.— Want of spirit, submissiveness : in acerbissimā iniuriā remissio animi.— Relaxation, recreation : quem non remissio, non ludi delectarent: tempora curarum remissionumque, Ta.: animi: animorum.— Mildness, gentleness : animi.
Origins
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinremissiō
Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin remittō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin remissiō From remittō + -tiō.
Descendants
- Catalanremissió
- Englishremission
- Frenchrémission
- Italianrimessione
- Italianremissione
- Portugueseremissão
- Romanianremisiune
- Spanishremisión
- Aragoneseremisión
- Asturianremisión
In English words that came into English from remissiō
- remissionremissiō