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Latin
Etymology
From possideō (“to possess”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
possessiō f (genitive possessiōnis); third declension
- The act of taking possession of, seizing, occupying, taking.
- The act of holding; possession, occupation, control, occupancy.
- That which is possessed; a possession, property.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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References
- “possessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “possessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- possessio 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)
- possessio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to come into the possession of something: in possessionem alicuius rei venire
- to take forcible possession of a thing: in possessionem alicuius rei invadere
- to turn a person out of his house, his property: expellere aliquem domo, possessionibus pellere
- to dispossess a person: demovere, deicere aliquem de possessione
- to drive a person out of house and home: exturbare aliquem omnibus fortunis, e possessionibus
- to give up a thing to some one else: possessione alicuius rei cedere alicui (Mil. 27. 75)
- to proscribe a person, declare him an outlaw: proscribere aliquem or alicuius possessiones
- “possessio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin