vissio

Latin

Alternative forms

• vīsiō^?
• vissō, bissiō (late glosses)

Etymology

Perhaps onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯is.si.oː/, [ˈu̯ɪs̠ːioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvis.si.o/, [ˈvisːio]

Verb

vissiō (present infinitive vissīre); fourth conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

1. to pass wind quietly
   • Latrine graffiti from Ostia

     vissiretacite·chilon·docvit svbdolvs

     The sly Solon taught how to pass wind silently.

Conjugation

Conjugation of vissiō (fourth conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vissiō	vissīs	vissit	vissīmus	vissītis	vissiunt
	imperfect	vissiēbam	vissiēbās	vissiēbat	vissiēbāmus	vissiēbātis	vissiēbant
	future	vissiam	vissiēs	vissiet	vissiēmus	vissiētis	vissient
passive	present	vissior	vissīris, vissīre	vissītur	vissīmur	vissīminī	vissiuntur
	imperfect	vissiēbar	vissiēbāris, vissiēbāre	vissiēbātur	vissiēbāmur	vissiēbāminī	vissiēbantur
	future	vissiar	vissiēris, vissiēre	vissiētur	vissiēmur	vissiēminī	vissientur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vissiam	vissiās	vissiat	vissiāmus	vissiātis	vissiant
	imperfect	vissīrem	vissīrēs	vissīret	vissīrēmus	vissīrētis	vissīrent
passive	present	vissiar	vissiāris, vissiāre	vissiātur	vissiāmur	vissiāminī	vissiantur
	imperfect	vissīrer	vissīrēris, vissīrēre	vissīrētur	vissīrēmur	vissīrēminī	vissīrentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	vissī	—	—	vissīte	—
	future	—	vissītō	vissītō	—	vissītōte	vissiuntō
passive	present	—	vissīre	—	—	vissīminī	—
	future	—	vissītor	vissītor	—	—	vissiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		vissīre	—	—	vissīrī	—	—
participles		vissiēns	—	—	—	—	vissiendus, vissiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		vissiendī	vissiendō	vissiendum	vissiendō	—	—

Coordinate terms

• pēdō (“to pass wind loudly”)

Derived terms

• vissium
• vissitium

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: bes
  • Romanian: băși
• Italo-Western Romance:
  • Old French: vessir (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Italian: vescia
  • ⇒ Venetian: vesa
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *vissīna, -um (see there for further descendants)

References

• “uissiō~īre” on page 2077/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)¹
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vĭssīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 532