LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

scissiō

scissiō f (genitive scissiōnis)
Classical[ˈskɪs.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈʃis.si.o]

Meaning

  1. A cleaving, dividing, scission (of a number).

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativescissiōscissiōnēs
genitivescissiōnisscissiōnum
dativescissiōnīscissiōnibus
accusativescissiōnemscissiōnēs
ablativescissiōnescissiōnibus
vocativescissiōscissiōnēs

scissĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. a cleaving, dividing, scission of a number (late Lat.), Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6; Vulg. Amos, 6, 12.

Origins

From scindō (“to cut, cleave, divide”) (supine scissum) + -tiō (“-tion”, abstract noun suffix).

Descendants
  • Catalanescissió
  • Englishscission
  • Frenchscission
  • Italianscissione
  • Portuguesecisão
  • Portuguesecissão
  • Portuguesescisão
  • Spanishescisión

In English words that came into English from scissiō

  • scissionscissiō

Quick answers

What does scissiō mean in Latin?
scissiō, a noun, means “A cleaving, dividing, scission (of a number).”.
What is the genitive of scissiō?
The genitive singular is scissiōnis. scissiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce scissiō?
In classical Latin, [ˈskɪs.si.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈʃis.si.o].