occisio

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Latin

Etymology

From the verb occīdō.

Noun

occīsiō f (genitive occīsiōnis); third declension

  1. massacre, slaughter, murder
    Synonyms: nex, lētum, homicīdium, excidium, iugulum, occīdiō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative occīsiō occīsiōnēs
Genitive occīsiōnis occīsiōnum
Dative occīsiōnī occīsiōnibus
Accusative occīsiōnem occīsiōnēs
Ablative occīsiōne occīsiōnibus
Vocative occīsiō occīsiōnēs

Descendants

  • Old French: ocision
  • Italian: uccisione

References

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