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Latin
Etymology
From maneō (“I remain, stay”) (perfect passive participle mānsus) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
mānsiō f (genitive mānsiōnis); third declension
- An act or instance of staying, remaining; stay, continuance.
- A dwelling, abode, habitation, home.
- (on a journey) A stopping place or halting place, station; stage.
- Night quarters, place for lodging or renting, inn.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
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Descendants
Reflexes of the derived form mānsiōnāta:
References
Further reading
- “mansio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mansio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mansio 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)
- mansio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “mansio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “mansio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin