oppressio

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Latin

Etymology

From opprimō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

oppressiō f (genitive oppressiōnis); third declension

  1. pressing down
  2. oppression, overthrow, suppression

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative oppressiō oppressiōnēs
genitive oppressiōnis oppressiōnum
dative oppressiōnī oppressiōnibus
accusative oppressiōnem oppressiōnēs
ablative oppressiōne oppressiōnibus
vocative oppressiō oppressiōnēs

Descendants

References

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