secessio

Latin

Etymology

From sēcēdō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [seːˈkɛs.si.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [seˈt͡ʃɛs.si.o]

Noun

sēcessiō f (genitive sēcessiōnis); third declension

A going aside, withdrawal, retirement.
Synonyms: recessus, cessiō, dēcessiō, recessiō, discessus, discessiō, ēgressus, excessiō, dīgressiō, dīgressus, excessus, dēcessus, sēcessus

Antonyms: prōgressus, prōgressiō, prōcessus, prōcessiō, accessus, accessiō
A political withdrawal or separation as a result of insurrection; a schism, secession.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sēcessiō	sēcessiōnēs
genitive	sēcessiōnis	sēcessiōnum
dative	sēcessiōnī	sēcessiōnibus
accusative	sēcessiōnem	sēcessiōnēs
ablative	sēcessiōne	sēcessiōnibus
vocative	sēcessiō	sēcessiōnēs

Descendants

Catalan: secessió
English: secession
French: sécession
Galician: secesión
Italian: secessione
Occitan: secession
Portuguese: secessão
Romanian: secesiune
Spanish: secesión
→ German: Sezession
- → Hungarian: szecesszió

References

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