LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

vīsiō

vīsiō f (genitive vīsiōnis)
Classical[ˈwiː.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈviː.s̬i.o]

Meaning

  1. seeing, sight, vision, view
  2. the sense of sight

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevīsiōvīsiōnēs
genitivevīsiōnisvīsiōnum
dativevīsiōnīvīsiōnibus
accusativevīsiōnemvīsiōnēs
ablativevīsiōnevīsiōnibus
vocativevīsiōvīsiōnēs

vīsĭo, ōnis, f. video,
I. the act or sense of seeing, sight, vision.
I. Lit.: ignes ... nostrae visioni occurrunt, App. de Mundo, p. 63 fin.; id. M. 2, p. 120, 32; 8, p. 203, 37: in caelestis sponsi visione requiescere, Greg. Mag. Homil. 2, 2, 8; 2, 2, 12.—
B. Transf., a thing seen, an appearance, apparition, a vision: adventicia, Cic. Div. 2, 58, 120; cf. Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 3.—
II. Trop., an image of a thing in the mind; an idea, conception, notion: speciem dei percipi cogitatione ... eamque esse ejus visionem, ut, etc., Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 105: veri falsique, id. Ac. 2, 11, 33: falsa doloris, id. Tusc. 2, 18, 42.—As a transl. of the Gr. φαντασία, Quint. 6, 2, 29.—
B. Transf., in jurid. lang., a supposition, a case: in propositā quaestione tribus visionibus relatis, etc., Dig. 5, 3, 25; so ib. 16, 1, 8; 17, 1, 29; 22, 3, 25 fin.; Tert. Anim. 9.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*widtós
  3. Proto-Italic*wissos
  4. Latinvīsiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin vīsiō From vīsus + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanvisió
  • Englishvision
  • GermanVision
  • Italianvisione
  • Occitanvision
  • Frenchvisionfrom Old French vision
  • Portugueseavejão
  • Portuguesevisão
  • Romanianviziune
  • Spanishvisión

Quick answers

What does vīsiō mean in Latin?
vīsiō, a noun, means “seeing, sight, vision, view; the sense of sight”.
What is the genitive of vīsiō?
The genitive singular is vīsiōnis. vīsiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce vīsiō?
In classical Latin, [ˈwiː.si.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈviː.s̬i.o].
Where does vīsiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *weyd- → Proto-Indo-European *widtós → Proto-Italic *wissos → Latin vīsiō.