messio

Latin

Etymology

From metō (“to mow, reap”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛs.si.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛs.si.o]

Noun

messiō f (genitive messiōnis); third declension

1. harvest, harvesting, reaping

   Synonym: messis

   • 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Agricultural Topics 1.50:

     frumenti tria genera sunt messionis

     there are three methods of harvesting grain

   • Vulgata—Jeremias 51.33:

     et veniet tempus messionis eius

     and the time of harvest shall come for her

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	messiō	messiōnēs
genitive	messiōnis	messiōnum
dative	messiōnī	messiōnibus
accusative	messiōnem	messiōnēs
ablative	messiōne	messiōnibus
vocative	messiō	messiōnēs

Derived terms

• Messia

Descendants

• Gallo-Italic:
  • Old Ligurian: messom
  • Old Lombard: messon
    • Lombard: messon, mosson, masson
  • Piedmontese: mësson, mson, amson
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: mêsson
  • Occitan: meisson
  • Old French: messon, meisson
    • French: moisson
    • Walloon: mexhon
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *messionāre:
  • Romanian: mișuna
  • French: moissonner
  • Walloon: mexhner

References

• “messio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "messio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “messio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.