demissio

Latin

Etymology

From dēmittō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

dēmissiō f (genitive dēmissiōnis); third declension

1. sinking, lowering
2. dejection
3. abatement, mitigation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēmissiō	dēmissiōnēs
Genitive	dēmissiōnis	dēmissiōnum
Dative	dēmissiōnī	dēmissiōnibus
Accusative	dēmissiōnem	dēmissiōnēs
Ablative	dēmissiōne	dēmissiōnibus
Vocative	dēmissiō	dēmissiōnēs

Descendants

• → French: démission (learned)

References

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