secessio

Latin

Etymology

From sēcēdō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seːˈkes.si.oː/, [s̠eːˈkɛs̠ːioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈt͡ʃes.si.o/, [seˈt͡ʃɛsːio]

Noun

sēcessiō f (genitive sēcessiōnis); third declension

1. A going aside, withdrawal, retirement.

   Synonyms: recessus, cessiō, dēcessiō, recessiō, discessus, discessiō, ēgressus, excessiō, dīgressiō, dīgressus, excessus, dēcessus, sēcessus

   Antonyms: prōgressus, prōgressiō, prōcessus, prōcessiō, accessus, accessiō

2. A political withdrawal or separation as a result of insurrection; a schism, secession.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sēcessiō	sēcessiōnēs
Genitive	sēcessiōnis	sēcessiōnum
Dative	sēcessiōnī	sēcessiōnibus
Accusative	sēcessiōnem	sēcessiōnēs
Ablative	sēcessiōne	sēcessiōnibus
Vocative	sēcessiō	sēcessiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: secessió
• English: secession
• French: sécession
• Galician: secesión
• Italian: secessione
• Occitan: secession
• Portuguese: secessão
• Romanian: secesiune
• Spanish: secesión
• → German: Sezession
  • → Hungarian: szecesszió

References

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