prensio

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Latin

Etymology

Contracted form of prehēnsiō. Equivalent to prēndō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

prēnsiō f (genitive prēnsiōnis); third declension

  1. Alternative form of prehēnsiō (“an act of seizing; grasping; taking hold”)
  2. Alternative form of prehēnsiō (“the power to seize or arrest”)
    Tribunos plebis prensionem habere, vocationem non habere. ― That the tribunes of the commons have the right to arrest, but not to summon. A. Cornelius Gellius, Noctes Atticae (Attic Nights), Liber XIII, transl. J. C. Rolfe.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative prēnsiō prēnsiōnēs
genitive prēnsiōnis prēnsiōnum
dative prēnsiōnī prēnsiōnibus
accusative prēnsiōnem prēnsiōnēs
ablative prēnsiōne prēnsiōnibus
vocative prēnsiō prēnsiōnēs

References

  • “prensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • prensio in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • prensio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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