concessio

See also: concessió

English

Noun

concessio (uncountable)

(rhetoric) The rhetorical device of conceding or admitting something but pardoning it, as in "he may be a scoundrel, but he's our scoundrel".

Latin

Etymology

From concēdō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈkes.si.oː/, [kɔŋˈkɛs.si.oː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈt͡ʃes.si.o/

Noun

concessiō f (genitive concessiōnis); third declension

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	concessiō	concessiōnēs
genitive	concessiōnis	concessiōnum
dative	concessiōnī	concessiōnibus
accusative	concessiōnem	concessiōnēs
ablative	concessiōne	concessiōnibus
vocative	concessiō	concessiōnēs

Descendants

French: concession
Russian: конце́ссия (koncéssija)

References

concessio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
concessio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
concessio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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