admissio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

admissĭo, ōnis, f. [admitto].

I An admitting of the male to the female , Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 18.—

II Admission to a prince , an audience (post-Aug.): quibus admissionis liberae jus dedissent, Plin. 33, 3, 12, § 41: admissionum tuarum felicitas, Plin. Pan. 47: primae et secundae admissiones, Sen. Ben. 6, 33; cf. Lipsius ad Tac. A. 6, 9. (Special officers of reception were appointed, whose charge was called officium admissionis, the office of chamberlain , Suet. Vesp. 14; and the superintendent of them was called magister admissionum, chief marshal , lord chamberlain , Amm. 15, 5.)—

III The entrance upon an inheritance , Cod. 6, 15, 5.