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Latin
Etymology
From imprimō + -tiō.
Noun
impressiō f (genitive impressiōnis); third declension
- push, thrust, assault, onslaught
- Synonyms: aggressiō, assultus, invāsiō, concursus, impetus, appetītus, occursiō, oppugnātiō, incursus, incursiō, petītiō, ictus, vīs, procella
- squashing
- stamping
- impression
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “impressio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “impressio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- impressio 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)
- impressio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- impressio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016