recessio

Latin

Etymology

From recēdō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈkes.si.oː/, [rɛˈkɛs̠ːioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈt͡ʃes.si.o/, [reˈt͡ʃɛsːio]

Noun

recessiō f (genitive recessiōnis); third declension

1. A going back, receding, recession.

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

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	recessiō	recessiōnēs
Genitive	recessiōnis	recessiōnum
Dative	recessiōnī	recessiōnibus
Accusative	recessiōnem	recessiōnēs
Ablative	recessiōne	recessiōnibus
Vocative	recessiō	recessiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: recessió
• English: recession
• French: récession
• Galician: recesión
• Italian: recessione
• Portuguese: recessão
• Romanian: recesiune, recesie
• Spanish: recesión

References

• “recessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press