discussio

See also: discussió

Latin

Etymology

From discutiō (“I shatter, strike down”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /disˈkus.si.oː/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈkʊs̠ːioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /disˈkus.si.o/, [d̪isˈkusːio]

Noun

discussiō f (genitive discussiōnis); third declension

1. shaking
   • (Can we date this quote?) Seneca (source?)
2. (Later Latin) examination, discussion (especially a revision of the public accounts in the provinces)
   • (Can we date this quote?) Codex Justinianus
3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) judgement
   • (Can we date this quote?) "Libera Me", sung in the Office of the Dead:

     Tremens factus sum ego, et timeo, dum discussio venerit, atque ventura ira.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	discussiō	discussiōnēs
Genitive	discussiōnis	discussiōnum
Dative	discussiōnī	discussiōnibus
Accusative	discussiōnem	discussiōnēs
Ablative	discussiōne	discussiōnibus
Vocative	discussiō	discussiōnēs

Synonyms

• disputātiō
• quaestiō

Descendants

• Russian: дискуссия (diskussija)

References

• “discussio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• discussio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.