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Latin
Etymology
ōmissus, perfect passive participle of ōmittō (“to omit”) + -tiō
Pronunciation
Noun
ōmissiō f (genitive ōmissiōnis); third declension
- (chiefly Christianity) omission
Usage notes
Appears once in the 4th century, then returns in medieval penitential literature to refer to sins of omission.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “omissio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- omissio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “omissio”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
- “omission”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.