concessio
See also: concessió
English
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin concessiō.
Noun
concessio (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) The rhetorical device of conceding or admitting something but pardoning it, as in "he may be a scoundrel, but he's our scoundrel".
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈkes.si.oː/, [kɔŋˈkɛs̠ːioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈt͡ʃes.si.o/, [kon̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛsːio]
Noun
concessiō f (genitive concessiōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | concessiō | concessiōnēs |
Genitive | concessiōnis | concessiōnum |
Dative | concessiōnī | concessiōnibus |
Accusative | concessiōnem | concessiōnēs |
Ablative | concessiōne | concessiōnibus |
Vocative | concessiō | concessiōnēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: concessió
- English: concession
- French: concession
- Galician: concesión
- Italian: concessione
- Portuguese: concessão
- Russian: конце́ссия (koncéssija)
- Spanish: concesión
References
- “concessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “concessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- concessio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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