omissio

Latin

Etymology

ōmissus, perfect passive participle of ōmittō (“to omit”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oːˈmis.si.oː/, [oːˈmɪs̠ːioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈmis.si.o/, [oˈmisːio]

Noun

ōmissiō f (genitive ōmissiōnis); third declension

1. (chiefly Christianity) omission

Usage notes

Appears once in the 4th century, then returns in medieval penitential literature to refer to sins of omission.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ōmissiō	ōmissiōnēs
Genitive	ōmissiōnis	ōmissiōnum
Dative	ōmissiōnī	ōmissiōnibus
Accusative	ōmissiōnem	ōmissiōnēs
Ablative	ōmissiōne	ōmissiōnibus
Vocative	ōmissiō	ōmissiōnēs

References

• “omissio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• omissio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “omissio”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• “omission”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.