demissio

Latin

Etymology

From dēmittō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

dēmissiō f (genitive dēmissiōnis); third declension

  1. sinking, lowering
  2. dejection
  3. abatement, mitigation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dēmissiō dēmissiōnēs
genitive dēmissiōnis dēmissiōnum
dative dēmissiōnī dēmissiōnibus
accusative dēmissiōnem dēmissiōnēs
ablative dēmissiōne dēmissiōnibus
vocative dēmissiō dēmissiōnēs

Descendants

  • → French: démission (learned)

References

  • “demissio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “demissio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • demissio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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