oppressio

Latin

Etymology

From opprimō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

oppressiō f (genitive oppressiōnis); third declension

  1. pressing down
  2. oppression, overthrow, suppression

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative oppressiō oppressiōnēs
genitive oppressiōnis oppressiōnum
dative oppressiōnī oppressiōnibus
accusative oppressiōnem oppressiōnēs
ablative oppressiōne oppressiōnibus
vocative oppressiō oppressiōnēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: opressió
  • French: oppression
  • Galician: opresión
  • Italian: oppressione
  • Occitan: opression
  • Piedmontese: opression
  • Polish: opresja
  • Portuguese: opressão
  • Spanish: opresión

References

  • “oppressio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “oppressio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "oppressio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • oppressio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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