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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la patior}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpas.si.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpas.si.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''passiō''' ''f'' (genitive passiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[patior]] “to suffer, undergo” with the suffix [[-tiō]], modelled on [[grc|πάθος|tr=páthos|t=suffering, emotion]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, of an affection of the mind.^(OLD 2012) Köbler also starts with Varro, whom he dates 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In Varro ''passiō animī'' meant an affection of the mind, an emotion, and in Apuleius a natural effect.^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short call its main sense, a suffering, enduring, post-classical, as in Tertullian and Prudentius.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Christian Latin it meant the Passion of Christ, as in Lactantius and the Vulgate.^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant suffering, passion.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it of undergoing, enduring, and of pain, illness and discomfort.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it of emotions, especially sinful passions.^(DMLBS) Through Old French ''passion'' it gave [[en|passion]] about 1200, first of the sufferings of Christ.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of emotion.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it of suffering.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it of the Passion.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1200 – English ''passion'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # An emotion, [[m|en|passion]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # A natural effect.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Late Latin)'' Suffering, endurance.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' The Passion of Christ.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Illness, pain.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[antepassio]]
+ * [[passionalis]]
+ * [[compassiō]]
+ * [[passiōlus]]
+ * [[passiōnātē]]
+ * [[passiōnātus]]
+ * [[satispassiō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[patior]]
+ * [[en|passion]]
+ * [[en|compassion]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}