possessio

See also: possessió

Latin

Etymology

From possideō (“to possess”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /posˈses.si.o/, [pɔs̠ˈs̠ɛs̠ːiɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /posˈses.si.o/, [posˈsɛsːio]

Noun

possessiō f (genitive possessiōnis); third declension

1. The act of taking possession of, seizing, occupying, taking.
2. The act of holding; possession, occupation, control, occupancy.
3. That which is possessed; a possession, property.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	possessiō	possessiōnēs
Genitive	possessiōnis	possessiōnum
Dative	possessiōnī	possessiōnibus
Accusative	possessiōnem	possessiōnēs
Ablative	possessiōne	possessiōnibus
Vocative	possessiō	possessiōnēs

Derived terms

• possessiuncula

Related terms

• possessor
• possessus
• possessīvus
• possessōrius
• possideō

 

Descendants

• Catalan: possessió
• English: possession
• French: possession
• Italian: possessione
• Portuguese: possessão
• Spanish: posesión

References

• “possessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “possessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• possessio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• possessio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to come into the possession of something: in possessionem alicuius rei venire
    
  • to take forcible possession of a thing: in possessionem alicuius rei invadere
    
  • to turn a person out of his house, his property: expellere aliquem domo, possessionibus pellere
    
  • to dispossess a person: demovere, deicere aliquem de possessione
    
  • to drive a person out of house and home: exturbare aliquem omnibus fortunis, e possessionibus
    
  • to give up a thing to some one else: possessione alicuius rei cedere alicui (Mil. 27. 75)
    
  • to proscribe a person, declare him an outlaw: proscribere aliquem or alicuius possessiones
    
• “possessio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin