Latin

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.

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• possessiuncula

Related terms

Descendants

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “possessio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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