digressio

See also: digressió

Latin

Etymology

From dīgredior +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diːˈɡres.si.oː/, [d̪iːˈɡrɛs̠ːioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈɡres.si.o/, [d̪iˈɡrɛsːio]

Noun

dīgressiō f (genitive dīgressiōnis); third declension

1. parting, separating; departing, departure

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

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

2. deviation; digression

   Synonyms: ēgressiō, ēgressus, dēviātiō, dēverticulum, excessus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dīgressiō	dīgressiōnēs
genitive	dīgressiōnis	dīgressiōnum
dative	dīgressiōnī	dīgressiōnibus
accusative	dīgressiōnem	dīgressiōnēs
ablative	dīgressiōne	dīgressiōnibus
vocative	dīgressiō	dīgressiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: digressió
• French: digression
• Italian: digressione
• Portuguese: digressão
• Romanian: digresiune
• Spanish: digresión

References

• “digressio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “digressio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• digressio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a digression, episode: digressus, digressio, egressio